Researchers in the United States and Japan have discovered the genetic basis for ginger cats' orange fur. The ARHGAP36 gene is responsible for this un ...

Scientists have finally unraveled the long-standing mystery behind orange cat fur, pinpointing the Arhgap36 gene as the key ...

The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, eyes, and fur tone. In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Researchers from Japan have ...

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...

Two separate research teams have detailed the answer in two studies published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

Scientists from Kyushu University have identified the long-sought “orange gene” behind ginger fur in domestic cats—a deletion ...

Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have pinpointed the X-linked mutation behind orange fur in house cats.

Any male cat with the mutation dubbed “sex-linked orange” will be entirely orange due to a random deletion of a section of ...