Marbles Is a Calico Cat with a Manx Tail

Marbles is a calico cat with a Manx tail.She wants to have kittens with a male calico,but can't seem to find one.Alas,male calicos are rare; the only ones have the sex chromosome constitution XXY.Male calicos are therefore rare because

A) all male cats have a dominant gene on the Y that masks the calico gene on the X.
B) most male cats only have one Y chromosome, so it cannot be shut off.
C) most male cats have only one X chromosome, so it cannot be shut off.
D) they die just after birth.
E) male calicos lack sex chromosomes.