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This engraving depicts two cats on a wall with a dog barking below them. The spotted cat hisses at the dog while the deaf white cat dozes, unaware of the barking. Congenital sensorineural deafness occurs commonly in domestic cats with a white coat. It is a congenital deafness caused by a degeneration of the inner ear. [1]
The majority of recently reported four-eared cats have been healthy with various ear configurations suggesting other genes were involved or developmental abnormalities rather than hereditary factors. [10] Rounded ears a rounded ears mutation occurred in a cat in Italy and is being assessed for breed potential.
Cat genetics describes the study of inheritance as it occurs in domestic cats. In feline husbandry, it can predict established traits ( phenotypes ) of the offspring of particular crosses. In medical genetics , cat models are occasionally used to discover the function of homologous human disease genes.
That's right—one of the kittens, who they aptly named Audio, has four ears! The rescue posted pictures and a video to their Facebook page on July 31st showing the kitten's unique features.
A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...
A tragic photo of a baby born with only one eye and no nose has been circulating the Internet. The baby is being referred to as "baby cyclops" due to the comparisons drawn with the mythical cyclops.
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The implant then sends sound vibrations to the cochlea of the normal hearing ear through the skull via bone conduction. [11] The ADHEAR bone conduction system is a non-surgical device that sticks to the skin behind the ear. It vibrates to send sound vibrations through the skin and the skull bone to the cochlea of the normal hearing ear. [12]