The white coat we see in these cats isn't actually the absence of color genes—it's more like someone threw a white sheet over the cat's true colors. The dominant white gene essentially masks whatever pattern and color the cat would naturally have.
샌프란시스코에서 컬럼비아 대학교 동문들이 만들었습니다
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샌프란시스코에서 컬럼비아 대학교 동문들이 만들었습니다

Lena: Have you ever noticed how many white cats seem to have hearing problems? I was at my friend's place last weekend, and her beautiful all-white cat with these stunning blue eyes didn't even flinch when the vacuum cleaner roared to life right next to him. It got me wondering if there's actually a connection there.
Miles: Oh, there absolutely is! It's one of those fascinating genetic quirks in the animal kingdom. Those gorgeous white coats and blue eyes aren't just beautiful—they're actually linked to deafness in a pretty dramatic way.
Lena: Wait, seriously? So it's not just a coincidence or an old wives' tale?
Miles: Not at all. The statistics are pretty striking. According to studies, white cats with two blue eyes have about a 65 to 85 percent chance of being deaf. That's significantly higher than the general cat population!
Lena: That's incredible! But what about white cats with different colored eyes?
Miles: Great question! If a white cat has just one blue eye, their chance of deafness drops to about 40 percent. And if they have non-blue eyes, it's around 17 to 22 percent—still higher than average, but much lower than their blue-eyed counterparts. Even more fascinating? If a white cat with one blue eye is deaf in only one ear, that ear will almost always be on the same side as the blue eye.
Lena: That's wild! It's like the genes for coat color, eye color, and hearing are all tangled up together somehow. But why? What's happening beneath those beautiful white coats that affects their hearing?
Miles: Let's dive into the genetic detective story behind white cats and deafness—it all comes down to something called the dominant white gene and how it affects development in ways you might never expect.