Orange Cats Male Female Ratio

The female cat therefore can have the orange mutant gene on one X chromosome and the gene for a black coat on the other.

Orange cats male female ratio. The percentages are quite low though with only 20 of all orange tabby cats being female. If black and orange are co-dominant on the X-chromosome shouldnt the ratio be the same for orange cats as for black cats. The piebald gene is on a different chromosome.

If your cat is your partner in adventure then Hobbes is a perfect orange cat name. While it is a fact that there is a higher ratio of orange tabbies that are male the exact percentage is actually about 80 percent toms to 20 percent queens. About 81 percent of orange cats are male says Bell.

Female orange tabby cats are not necessarily rare but they pale in comparison to the male numbers. There is no monetary value per se associated with a female orange tabby cat. As a result of genetics according to Dr.

Heres how it works. The average life expectancy of orange tabby cats are 10-16 years. The ginger gene which produces the orange colour is on the X chromosome.

We bet you didnt know that there are far more male orange tabby cats than there are females. Approximately 20 percent of orange tabby cats are female. Orange tabby cat toms outnumber queens approximately four to one.

The orange mutant gene is found only on the X or female chromosome. The gene that codes for orange fur is on the X chromosome. Female cats can be black X B X B orange X R X R or calico X B X R Male cats can be black X B Y or orange X R Y Show each of the crosses below and include the phenotypic ratios of the offspring.