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.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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". 😒