tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255907.post5694000414638507730..comments2023-05-23T11:45:23.948-04:00Comments on I need orange: "mitotically heritable" arises all the time, and is hard to type!I need orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255907.post-24512743537697040862014-05-20T10:02:01.728-04:002014-05-20T10:02:01.728-04:00I believe it's the case that any cat that has ...I believe it's the case that any cat that has ginger and black or gray is calico.<br /><br />As I understand it, her black/gray/white tabby will have come from one parent, and her ginger bits from the other.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Isn't it cool, to see her inheritance printed on her coat? Our skin, likewise, has patches of cells with X chromosomes inherited from our mothers, and other patches of cells with X chromosomes inherited from our fathers, but we can't tell one from the other just by looking, as we can with a calico cat!<br />I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255907.post-28378710521450896512014-05-19T08:53:38.620-04:002014-05-19T08:53:38.620-04:00Interesting about the calico cat. I'm curious ...Interesting about the calico cat. I'm curious -- are all multi-colored cats calico? Lizzie seems like a mostly black and white striped tabby, but when you look at her closely she has patches of the golden orange -- not big ones. I love the rear of her tail though -- it's orangey!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.com