Now, however, a new cat coat color has officially been discovered. It’s called salmiak, named for a salty licorice snack ...

Credit: Salmiak cat “There was a huge chunk of sequence missing downstream from the KIT gene,” Anderson told New Scientist, discussing a gene that can affect white patterns in coats.

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Credit: Salmiak cat “There was a huge chunk of sequence missing downstream from the KIT gene,” Anderson told New Scientist, discussing a gene that can affect white patterns in coats.