![]() Now you also have to ask why they did this study? Why put money into it? What was the question they wanted answered and what that question has to do with veterinary care. As stated, I'm not happy with the Davis study, but it is one of only 32 veterinary schools in the US. ![]() IMO the fun thing (sometimes very stressful thing) about science in general is that with more information comes more questions. My default reaction to studies like this is still that there's a 50-70% chance that it won't replicate, but the disconnect between the study's actual conclusions and how it was portrayed are interesting. Cats sporting other colors, including solid black, gray and white, display aggressive personality characteristics significantly less frequently, according to the study, published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. The UC Davis data also suggest that cats with gray and white, and black and white coats are slightly more likely to engage in those behaviors, a finding that surprised researchers. That's a different slant than the way the headline reads, though. A general link between the orange gene and aggression is likelier than something weird happening in cats who have one copy of the orange gene and one copy of the normal gene. So 1) they seem to be controlling for sex here, but 2) they're lumping all females with any orange/ginger coloration together, rather than having torties/calicos as their own category. ![]() She said the research suggests that the same genetics that dictate coat color may play a role in aggression, but that more study needs to be done to explore that theory. Here's the important quote from the article:Ī complex data analysis of answers to the survey found statistically significant differences between the frequency of such behaviors in “orange females” - including torties and calicoes - and most other cats, Stelow said. If there's any link between being tortie and having attitude/not liking other cats, it almost certainly is going to be a statistical feature of (spayed) female cats in general.Įdit: Clicking through that link brought me to a different study than I expected. The only thing "strange" about the genetic combination is that it requires two X chromosomes to produce, so 99.99% of torties are female. That's a garbage in, garbage out study if I've ever saw one. Owners who've probably heard torties have attitude report their torties have attitude.
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