His owner, April, may love the tuft of fur just as much as we do, but the angry cat is over it! Related: Pretty Tabby Cat Insists on 'High Fiving' Everyone He Meets ...

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The gene, Dkk4, produces a “pre-pattern” of thick and thin skin on the developing cat embryo that ends up mapping the pattern of stripes on the cat’s fur later.

The coat of the traditional tabby, or ‘bullseye’ or "swirled," is the most typical fur pattern of house cats. It features wide, rounded spots on the sides and a clear ‘M’ on the forehead.

Tabby cats often have what looks like a letter "M" on their foreheads, plus bold stripes of varying design in their fur. The tabbys have made their mark on pop culture, too.

Tabby patterns run skin deep -- and possibly even deeper. A team of researchers pinned down a gene that can indicate how a cat's skin will create patterned fur.

How do you explain the changing hair colour pattern of a tabby cat? Some cats have fur that changes colour along its length CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 26, 2021 1:44 PM PDT | Last Updated: March 26, 2021 ...