“Cats have been so understudied,” said Elinor Karlsson, a geneticist at UMass Chan Medical School and the Broad Institute. “They’re going to remain a black box unless something changes on ...

Swirls are light or dark, large or small, and break up with movement. This is a remnant of the feral ancestry of the cat and fine camouflage. Mackerel tabby pattern is characterised by set close ...