The regal-looking Abyssinian cat – Aby for short – may look like an Egyptian aristocrat and be named after a fallen empire, but their origins are fairly mysterious. While we can’t say for ...

Another gene that seems to affect spotting is Dkk4, according to Barsh. The Abyssinian breed of domestic cat has one or two mutated copies of the Dkk4 gene. Its coat, at a glance, appears to be a ...