Three flowers, big orange, tabby, blue cat.
Previous studies have shown that domestic cats will have hair color patterns during hair growth, and adjacent hair follicles will produce different types of melanin at this stage
Gregory Barsh of Alpha Biotechnology Research Institute in Hasen, Alabama and colleagues studied skin samples of domestic cats.
Although this study mainly focused on domestic cats, Barsh and co-authors believe that the results may also be applicable to the formation of fur patterns in other mammals such as leopards and tigers
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