From where does a tabby cat get its stripes? The same place cheetahs get their spots. A new study finds the same gene that is responsible for the cheetah's color patterns causes a tabby's stripes.

From where does a tabby cat get its stripes? The same place cheetahs get their spots. A new study finds the same gene that is responsible for the cheetah's color patterns causes a tabby's stripes.

Feral cats in Northern California have enabled researchers to unlock the biological secret behind a rare, striped cheetah found only in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers at the Stanford ...

Those tabby markings come in two main varieties: proper vertical stripes of dark on a light background ... found that the same gene also can make a cheetah a king. The study appears in today ...

mutations in the gene result in the rare king cheetah coat pattern. In tabby cats, “mackerel” cats have a normal Taqpep gene that creates dark, narrow, vertical stripes on a light background.

How the sub-Saharan cheetah got its stripes: Californian feral cats help unlock biological secret Date: September 20, 2012 Source: Stanford University Medical Center Summary: Feral cats in ...

By contrast, the king cheetah – a rare breed from southern Africa – looks like the same artist had a bad day and knocked the whole ink pot over. With thick stripes running down its back ...

Dramatic changes to the normal patterns occur when this pathway is disrupted - the resulting house cat has swirled patches of colour rather than orderly stripes, and the normally spotted cheetah ...

This is the same gene already known to give cheetahs either spots or, in the case of the king cheetah, spots and stripes. And this gene may mean more to cats than just a spiffy coat. It’s ...