Scientists track down mutation that makes orange cats orange

PHYSorg
May 15, 2025, 11:00 am111 pts
Scientists have confirmed that there is something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines. In a new study, Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered the long-posited but elusive genetic mutation that makes orange cats orange—and it appears to occur in no other mammal.

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