From the OOP: “My family moved to a property, previous owners said there are "some" barn cats They are up to 21 orange cats (not all pictured here). My family is taking great care of them all, and will soon get the cats fixed. The babies all have future homes now!”
Nah, just means the females are all homozygous for orange, and all the males are orange. The gene for orange is on the X chromosome, and since XY males only get one X chromosome, they're either "orange" or "not orange". XX females (and XXY males) can get one copy of "orange" and one copy of "not orange", and that's how you you get torties/calicos, and why torties/calicos are almost always female.
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ickplant@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 193d
From the OOP: “My family moved to a property, previous owners said there are "some" barn cats They are up to 21 orange cats (not all pictured here). My family is taking great care of them all, and will soon get the cats fixed. The babies all have future homes now!”
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RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d
I love them! I love them all!!
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 193d
So!
Much!
ORANGE!!!!
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 193d
nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 193d
And still not two brain cells to rub together.
whitemonster@lemmy.today · 26 pts · 193d
oops all orange!
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 193d
OH MY GOD! Look at all the meow meows! I want to cuddle them allllllll! 🩷🐈😻😸🩷😻😸🐈😸🩷😸🐈😻😸
wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 193d
Spamming props in Gmod creative with random sizes
gnawmon@ttrpg.network · 12 pts · 192d
and they all share the same single braincell
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 192d
21 brain cells together 🥹
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 193d
Adorable but I also hope you start fixing them before this gets out of control
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 193d
Yes… before.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 192d
21 orange cats is completely controllable. 22 would be over the line.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 193d
That’s a lot of cats.
Illogicalbit@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 193d
Wink
toynbee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 193d
I was gonna say ";)"
Stamau123@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 192d
Like a patch of budding mushrooms
barzaria@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 193d
An orange glower
ZMonster@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d
Cat Aphex Twin Album Art
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 192d
If they are all orange, doesn't that mean they are all males? And the females are still out there waiting and watching and ready to repopulate?
QualifiedKitten@discuss.online · 7 pts · 192d
Nah, just means the females are all homozygous for orange, and all the males are orange. The gene for orange is on the X chromosome, and since XY males only get one X chromosome, they're either "orange" or "not orange". XX females (and XXY males) can get one copy of "orange" and one copy of "not orange", and that's how you you get torties/calicos, and why torties/calicos are almost always female.
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 192d
User name checks out.