![]() ![]() These rare defects usually cause sterility in male cats but not in females. However, calicos can be male and orange cats can be female. Since female cats get two X chromosomes, one from each parent, they could have both the black coat color gene and the orange coat color gene. 2Ĭalico cats are almost always female because of these same genetics. Since the X chromosome has the orange coat color gene, and male cats only need one X chromosome from their mother to become orange, most orange cats are male. Male cats inherit the Y chromosome from the father and an X from the mother. Female cats get one X chromosome from each parent. ![]()
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