The distinct coat coloring, named for a Finnish snack, was first observed in 2007 in cats from Finland There's a new cat in town! A group of scientists at the University of Helsinki in Finland ...
A prime example of X inactivation is in the coat-color patterning of tortoiseshell or calico cats (Figure 1). In cats, the fur pigmentation gene is X-linked, and depending on which copy of the X ...