Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki with a calico cat (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki with a calico cat

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Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki, a geneticist at Kyushu University with a soft spot for cats, makes fast friends with one of the calico cats at a local shelter while on his hunt for the gene behind orange fur.

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Hiroyuki Sasaki/Kyushu University

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