• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    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.

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      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”. 😒