Orange Cats Male Female Ratio

Im looking at the distribution of the sexes of cats on a popular adoption web site and Im seeing roughly a 31 ratio of males to females in orange cats but a very consistent 11 ratio of males to females in black cats.

Orange cats male female ratio. Males only have to inherit one orange gene to appear orange while females have to inherit two. The gene that determines orange fur is on the X chromosome so both male and female Calico can be black or orange. Genes on the X chromosome are said to be sex-linked.

With so few females to choose from there are always some cats mating and creating new litters. Calvin and Hobbes are a long-running comic strip duo. We bet you didnt know that there are far more male orange tabby cats than there are females.

While female cats will inherit an orange coat only if they carry the orange gene on both X chromosomes if a male carries the orange gene at all he will be orange says Konecny. Calico and tortoiseshell cats however are almost always female. The piebald gene is on a different chromosome.

This means there are roughly three males to one female ginger cat. The Orange County California Gender Ratio is 98 men to 100 women 98100 or 098. The ginger gene which produces the orange colour is on the X chromosome.

Total population of Orange County California is estimated at 3145515 people with 1553309 male and 1592206 female. As a result of genetics according to Dr. Female cats can be black X B X B orange X R X R or calico X B X R Male cats can be black X B Y or orange X R Y Show each of the crosses below and include the phenotypic ratios of the offspring.

Female cats however have two X chromosomes and may have both the orange allele and the non-orange allele thats why its extremely rare to find a male tortoiseshell or calico cat. An owner of a cat is thinking of mating her black female cat with an orange male. The percentages are quite low though with only 20 of all orange tabby cats being female.