A cat's fur color is determined by its genes. The mix of dominant and recessive genes decides whether the animal will be a ginger tabby, have sleek plain black fur, or be covered in splodges and ...

Previous work from this team showed that a that gene regulates tabby cat color variation is the same gene that controls the different fur patterns seen in cheetahs and king cheetahs; the latter have ...

Bicolor cats – a pattern also known as piebald – have white fur and fur of another color or pattern. Depending on the spotting genes they have, some may sport what are known as "mask-and ...