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A new colour of cat has been discovered (www.sciencefocus.com)

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

When they didn’t find the KIT gene to be causing the whiteness, the scientists turned to something more dramatic: sequencing the salmiak cats' entire genome

OMG you can’t just ask a cat why it’s white!

Also pretty neat that the gene responsible for cat colouring is called KIT, science proves we named kitties correctly.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

pretty neat that the gene responsible for cat colouring is called KIT, science proves we named kitties correctly

Me side-eyeing the Sonic hedgehog protein that "regulates the embryonic morphogenesis in all animals". 😒

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