• LinkOpensChest.wavOP
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      13 months ago

      I don’t know, but is that a thing? Fur pattern can indicate sex?

      • wander1236
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        23 months ago

        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.

        • LinkOpensChest.wavOP
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          13 months ago

          That’s interesting! Now I’m trying to think of people’s cats I know

        • LinkOpensChest.wavOP
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          23 months ago

          I didn’t even know there was a name for this

          “tuxedo cat” that’s super cute