While tortoiseshell coats are common in female cats, they're incredibly rare in males. Here's why this coat pattern is so ...

Background De novo mutations (DNMs) are linked with many severe early-onset disorders ranging from rare congenital malformation to intellectual disability. Conventionally, DNMs are considered to have ...

If humans had an X-linked biallelic coat color gene, as cats do, then female mosaicism would be as evident in humans as it is in calico cats. This outcome of X inactivation is not immediately ...

u.washington.edu Is the prognosis for females with Turner syndrome mosaic for a triple X cell line substantially different from that for females with 45,X? Does the presence of a third, normal 46,XX ...

Cats meow for several reasons, which change as they grow from kittens into cats. Kittens meow to their mothers to let them know when they're hungry, cold, or scared. But once kittens grow into ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

So I got to thinking about white cats and decided to do some research. Turns out a genetic anomaly causes many, but not all, white cats with blue eyes to be deaf (60 to 80 percent). White cats ...