From my very basic understanding, calico patterns like this are much more common in female cats because of the two X chromosomes. There’s some coloring gene that’s on the X chromosome and not the Y, and the X chromosome that gets expressed is kind of random per-area.
This is from vague memories from biology class from years ago, though.
I don’t know, but is that a thing? Fur pattern can indicate sex?
Calicos are usually female. But this isn’t a calico.
From my very basic understanding, calico patterns like this are much more common in female cats because of the two X chromosomes. There’s some coloring gene that’s on the X chromosome and not the Y, and the X chromosome that gets expressed is kind of random per-area.
This is from vague memories from biology class from years ago, though.
That’s interesting! Now I’m trying to think of people’s cats I know
I was mistaken, tuxedo coat cats can be male or female.
I didn’t even know there was a name for this
“tuxedo cat” that’s super cute