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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2016, 10:48 PM Jan 2016

Researchers find why some cats look like Hitler

Source: Times of Israel, January 9, 2016

Faulty gene causes irregular distribution of pigment cells in fur, scientists establish; may help explain process of congenital defects in humans

The Internet is full of pictures of Kitlers – cats unfortunate enough to have a black and white pattern on their furs vaguely resembling the facial hair of the leader of Nazi Germany.

A new study suggests that the feline führers’ coat is determined by a faulty gene determining their pattern still in the womb of mother cat.

Called piebald, the pattern – typically a distribution of two colors on an animal’s coat of fur – occurs when pigment cells fail to follow genetic “instructions” at a very early stage of development.

According to a report on the study in the UK paper Independent, scientists hope that the study on how piebald animals develop can shed light on some congenital medical conditions affecting humans, like holes in the heart, also caused by problems relating to cell movements in the womb.



Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/researchers-may-now-know-why-some-cats-look-like-hitler/

More pics of "Kitlers" here: http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl

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Researchers find why some cats look like Hitler (Original Post) Little Tich Jan 2016 OP
Do these scientists get to wear lab coats whilst researching "Kitlers"? underpants Jan 2016 #1
To be published, all this research must undergo purr review pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #3
Gesundheit underpants Jan 2016 #4
Touché pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #5
Puns, Mbrow Jan 2016 #6
Sputter........ dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 #7
Just don't tuch the butt.... Hekate Jan 2016 #9
And it ust be published in a reputable purrnal. Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #13
!!!! Bucky Jan 2016 #16
Maybe for the next project saltpoint Jan 2016 #2
Good one. Nt JudyM Jan 2016 #8
I see an Ig Nobel Prize in these researchers' futures jmowreader Jan 2016 #10
That's what they want us to believe Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2016 #11
this was part of a secret plan by the Brits during WWII to insult hitler. he was a dog person. Javaman Jan 2016 #12
We had one named Dolphie Omaha Steve Jan 2016 #14
Heil Kitler!!! Initech Jan 2016 #15
The same gene can also cause this horrible mutation Bucky Jan 2016 #17

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
2. Maybe for the next project
Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:12 PM
Jan 2016

they could look into why certain GOP candidates talk like him.

Inquiring minds want to know.

jmowreader

(50,573 posts)
10. I see an Ig Nobel Prize in these researchers' futures
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 03:45 AM
Jan 2016

Finding out why cats look like Hitler is right up their alley...if they can give an award to someone who wrote up Homosexual Necrophilia in the Mallard (http://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/documents-nmr/Persberichten/Persberichten/persberichten_2013/DSA8_243-248.pdf) they HAVE to give one to the Kitler researchers.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
12. this was part of a secret plan by the Brits during WWII to insult hitler. he was a dog person.
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 11:15 AM
Jan 2016

they genetically bred cats to look like him to piss him off.

I'll leave now

Omaha Steve

(99,829 posts)
14. We had one named Dolphie
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 01:31 PM
Jan 2016

I rescued him from a power plant when I was delivering oil over 20 years ago.

K&R!

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