Why Does Color Affect the Sex of a Cat?
You always knew your cat was special, unusual, and certainly unique. But there are even more fascinating facts about the cat that have stumped people for some time. I am referring to what most cat lovers already know: cats of a certain color will be predominantly one gender or another. This has been common knowledge but back in the “dark ages” no one actually knew why. Happily, advances in the field of genetics have uncovered this feline mystery. It all begins with a very unique genetic twist embedded into the chromosome code of the feline. This is an oversimplification but for the sake of this explanation lets just state that certain chromosomes determine gender (male or female). For example, females have two X chromosomes (XX) and males have only one X chromosome and one Y (XY). Now here comes the twist: a cat’s X chromosome coding is directly linked to the color of its coat! This unique coding is called a sex-linked gene.
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