Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute colums from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: What’s the difference between a tabby and a tiger cat? Is a tabby a ...

Dear readers, as I wrote the description of our enchanting Teadalma, I realized that I honestly do not know what a Tabby cat is. With a bit of research, I discovered that the word Tabby refers to a ...

NEW YORK — How does a tabby cat earn its stripes? With the right DNA. Scientists say they’ve found the gene that sets the common tabby pattern — stripes or blotches. It’s one of several genes that ...

Tabby cats are often mistaken as a breed, but the word “tabby” refers to a distinct fur pattern that looks like a letter “M” on the cat’s forehead and involves bold stripes across the feline’s body.

NEW YORK — How does a tabby cat earn its stripes? With the right DNA. Scientists say they’ve found the gene that sets the common tabby pattern — stripes or blotches. It’s one of several genes that ...

A new study is the first to identify a molecular basis for cat coat patterns. Could cat stripes be an immune defense mechanism? By Rebecca Boyle Published Sep 20, 2012 11:46 PM EDT Get the Popular ...

NEW YORK - Scientists say they’ve found the gene that sets the common tabby cat pattern - stripes or blotches. It’s one of several genes that collaborate to create the distinctive design of a cat’s ...

Each strand of hair on my tabby cat has a series of colours along its length. How does each follicle produce a hair that changes colour as it grows? Tyler Jordan, a Canadian PhD student in the College ...

Q: What’s the difference between a tabby and a tiger cat? Is a tabby a purebred cat? A: Tabby is not a breed, but a coat pattern common among purebreds as well as mixed-breed cats, usually referred to ...