Scientists have now uncovered why 80 per cent of domestic ginger cats are boys - and it is all to do with the Arhgap36 gene. This piece of DNA, also found in humans, usually controls the nervous ...

Demonstratively, ginger cats are much more likely to be male than female. The teams found that this is in part because of the ARHGAP36 gene, which is only carried over on the X chromosome.

Eight out of 10 ginger cats are male - and scientists have finally found out why. By SOPHIA STANFORD. Published: 15:37 EDT, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 15:37 EDT, 15 May 2025 ...

For Sonny the ginger cat, the traumatic event might be the one we’re watching in this video. After his dunking, he dashes for shore, hops out and runs for his life, as if somehow the fish pond ...

The "meow-tation" that gives ginger cats their distinct fur has been discovered. A small deletion in a gene on the X-chromosome lies behind the fiery coats of ginger tabbies and the splotchy ...

Scientists found that this pattern held true in 49 additional cats, including samples from an international cat genome database. However, until the discovery ARHGAP36 gene was thought to have no ...

Still, he suspects the ginger cat stereotype is more about gender than genetics – most orange cats are male. “There are not many scientific studies of the personality of orange cats,” he noted.

Researchers have discovered that ginger cats are missing a section of their genetic code. Some purrr-fect ginger cat stories: Beans the missing cat found 300 miles away from home 15 November 2024 ...

The ginger gene for cats has finally been found and explains why 80 per cent are male.. For more than 100 years, scientists have suspected that the reason there are so many more male cats with ...

A hilarious video showing a cat owner capturing their ginger cat, Penny, taking a nap in the most unique way possible has left the internet in stitches. On May 19, the pet parent took to the ...