The tiger is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera.
By contrast, the male tiger does not pass on a growth-promoting gene and the lioness passes on a growth inhibiting gene, hence tigons are around the same size as either species.
Because the lion sire passes on a growth-promoting gene, but the corresponding growth-inhibiting gene from the female tiger is absent, ligers grow far larger than either parent species.
The former born to a female tiger and male lion and the latter the result of a male tiger and female lion.
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It was found to have repeat compositions much as other cat genomes and "an appreciably conserved synteny".