Studies of 979 feral and domesticated cats from Europe, Africa and Asia suggests that there are 5 feline lineages which originated in the Fertile Crescent.
Cats have been found in graves in Cyprus circa 6500BC.
Cats coexisted with humans, feeding on rodents that infested the first farmer's grain houses.
The TYR gene in cats has been linked to coat colour.
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A not very good blog about genetics,mainly human population genetics. This blog will be about genes,genetic discoveries,haplotypes and DNA etc
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