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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Now I am confused. Though that was interesting. How do you explain the fact that most orange cats are male? Does this mixed female coloration happen most of the time?
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Coat color genetics are complicated. For this allele, black is dominant over orange. In a population with an equal distribution of black and orange alleles, the males would be 50% orange and 50% black, while the females would be 25% orange and 75% black. (Because an equal distribution would result in equal numbers of BB, BO, OB, and OO, where only the OO shows the color).
