Bengal cats are one of America’s most popular exotic pets, behind bearded dragons, snakes, and lizards. Bengals are not often ...

Scientists have discovered the genetic mutation responsible for a strange cat coat pattern in Finland. Feral cats in the Scandinavian country started appearing with the mutation in 2007.

The coat of the traditional tabby, or ‘bullseye’ or "swirled," is the most typical fur pattern of house cats. It features wide, rounded spots on the sides and a clear ‘M’ on the forehead.

New 'Salty Licorice' Cat Coat Pattern Linked to Genetic Mutation, Study Finds. The distinct coat coloring, named for a Finnish snack, was first observed in 2007 in cats from Finland.

Same Gene Guides Cheetah and Tabby Cat Coat Patterns A mutation in one gene produces tabby cats with blotches and cheetahs with stripes. Sarah Zielinski. September 20, 2012. Get our newsletter!

If there's a defining characteristic of a cat, it's the coat: the spectrum of colors, patterns and fur lengths that catch your eye when passing one on the street or ogling at one lounging on a ...

The inheritance of cat coats — how to breed for this or that pattern — is well known. But how patterns emerge in a growing embryo “really has been an unsolved mystery,” said Dr. Gregory S ...

How developing cats translate skin thickness to fur pigment is still “one of the big unanswered questions in our work—how to connect the process of pre-pattern formation to the process that ...

"A lot of genetics goes into cat coat patterns and colors," says Dr. Grant Little, ... "Cats with light coats and black paws are considered to have colorpoint restriction," says Dr. Wendt.