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

许多与橘猫共同生活的人类都会证明自家猫咪的"特殊性"。如今科学家证实，这种姜黄色家猫确实存在独特之处。斯坦福医学院的新研究发现，长久以来被推测但难以捉摸的橘猫基因突变确实存在——而且似乎仅存在于家猫这一物种中。

研究发现，橙色猫具有独特的基因突变，使得它们的毛色与众不同，同时这一突变也解释了为什么橙色猫雄性比例偏高。根据两项新研究，许多动物包括一些人类都拥有橙色毛发，但在家猫中，雄性猫更有可能是橙色的。研究人员长期以来怀疑橙色猫的遗传特性有所不同，而此次新识 ...

研究发现，姜猫的毛色源于一段基因密码的缺失。科学家们通过对比数十只姜猫与非姜猫的DNA，锁定了一个关键基因——ARHGAP36。这个基因在控制猫咪皮肤、毛囊和眼睛颜色的黑素细胞中尤为活跃。正常情况下，基因会通过DNA片段发出指令，调节色素生成。但在姜猫身上，这段DNA片段的缺失让ARHGAP36基因过于活跃，导致黑素细胞生成较浅的色素，赋予猫咪那抹标志性的姜黄色光芒。

你是否曾注意到，三花猫的身影总是以雌性为主？近日，日本九州大学的研究团队揭开了这一现象的神秘面纱，发现了决定三花猫毛色的新基因。三花猫以其独特的白、黑、棕三种毛色而闻名，然而，为什么雄性三花猫如此罕见呢？

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 ...

Researchers in Japan say they have unlocked a long-standing mystery about the color of calico cats, known for their black, ...

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 ...

家猫 “X 连锁橙色（Sex-linked orange）” 突变成因尚不明确且缺乏其他哺乳动物同源基因。研究人员开展相关研究，发现 5-kb 缺失导致黑色素细胞异位表达 Arhgap36，其通过降低 PKAC阻断 Mc1r-cAMP-PKA 通路，解释毛色模式。研究解决遗传谜题并提供体内证据。 家猫的 ...

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