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To: TheOldLady
Kittens have three daddies.

Possibly..

But not necessarily so. I would bet that the black kitty and the orange kitty are both males and the gray/cream/whatever kitty is a female.

My memory could be off in some of the details but as I remember, it is the X chromosome that carries the color gene. The Y in the male has no color gene, and to get your multicolored blotchy (calico, tortoiseshell, etc) you need two different color genes - say the orange gene on one X and the black gene on the other X..

In normal places a mammal possessing two X chromosomes is a female, it is only the higher mammals of the Homo Whatever species that seem to have a problem with that (can't call 'em Sapiens because they aren't). Thus female cats can exhibit a wide range of combos from their two color genes while males are stuck with the black, white, orange and dilutants (browns and grays for instance - a dilute black..)

If not totally correct the above is at least the general idea. I tried to find where I read that (researched it once due to a discussion on the possibility of a male calico cat - yes it's possible but it would be sterile and have a messed up gene pattern something like XXY or similar) but at the moment the source has fallen into the cracks in the interwebs..

And on an unrelated note, re: your tagline, if you take the entire Psalm, there seem to be some other applicable verses you could choose to pray for that particular person ;-)

3,516 posted on 04/18/2015 11:30:05 AM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

Thank you for ALL that info, NC.


3,517 posted on 04/18/2015 12:02:56 PM PDT by TheOldLady (Pray for Obama... Psalm 109:8 -- Look it up.... I donate monthly. Give it a try! It's great!)
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