Points are specific areas of an animal coat that are colored differently from the main body colorations. Point coloration may be represented by a pale...
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array of coat colors and distinctive markings. A specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe them. While most horses remain the same color throughout...
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Acromelanism (redirect from Points (fur color))
the rest of the body. The areas with different color may be referred as 'points' or being 'pointed'. Color can spread to the rest of the body, but is concentrated...
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Cat coat genetics determine the coloration, pattern, length, and texture of feline fur. The variations among cat coats are physical properties and should...
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Bay (horse) (redirect from Bay (color))
Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown or brown body color with a black point coloration on the mane, tail, ear edges, and...
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Buckskin (horse) (redirect from Buckskin (color))
(sometimes misunderstood as a breed). Buckskins coloring is a hair coat color referring to a color that resembles certain shades of tanned deerskin. Similar colors...
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Chestnut is a hair coat color of horses consisting of a reddish-to-brown coat with a mane and tail the same or lighter in color than the coat. Chestnut is characterized...
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coat and alleles of the PMEL gene. It results in different colors and patterns and can affect any coats. The allele creates mottled patches of color in...
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Equine coat color genetics determine a horse's coat color. Many colors are possible, but all variations are produced by changes in only a few genes. Bay...
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Roan (horse) (redirect from Roan (coat colour))
Roan is a horse coat color pattern characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane...
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main coat colours of Labradors and described the underlying genetics of these colour varieties. According to Candille, et al. (2007), dog coat color can...
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Dun gene (redirect from Dun (color))
gene is a dilution gene that affects both red and black pigments in the coat color of a horse. The dun gene lightens most of the body while leaving the mane...
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Roan is a coat color found in many animals, including horses, cattle, antelope, cats and dogs. It is defined generally as an even mixture of white and...
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Pangaré (category Horse coat colors)
or light points, especially over black haired areas, which they lose when they shed their foal coats. At one time, the seal brown coat color was hypothesized...
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Seal brown (horse) (category Horse coat colors)
Seal brown is a hair coat color of horses characterized by a near-black body color; with black points, the mane, tail and legs; but also reddish or tan...
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Colorpoint Shorthair (section Solid color point colors)
color. Lilac Lynx Point: body is glacial white, points are frosty grey with pinkish tone bars distinguished and separated by lighter background color...
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Cream gene (category Horse coat colors)
is responsible for a number of horse coat colors. Horses that have the cream gene in addition to a base coat color that is chestnut will become palomino...
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Silver dapple gene (category Horse coat colors)
silver dapple (Z) gene is a dilution gene that affects the black base coat color and is associated with Multiple Congenital Ocular Abnormalities. It will...
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Tonkinese cat (section Coat and color)
pointed coat pattern in a variety of colors. In addition to the modified coat colors of the "mink" pattern, which is a dilution of the point color, the breed...
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Champagne gene (category Horse coat colors)
skin, which are bright blue and bright pink at birth, respectively. The coat color is also affected: any hairs that would have been red are gold, and any...
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Brindle (category Horse coat colors)
others. With this coat pattern there is a base coat that covers the entire body of the horse. This base coat color can be any color. Recorded examples...
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The Cuban coat of arms is the official heraldic symbol of Cuba. It consists of a shield, in front of a fasces crowned by the Phrygian cap, all supported...
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Balinese cat (section Coat and color)
longer coat than that of a Balinese and a Siamese. In all cases, the tail should have a definite plume, or fringe, of longer hair. Eye color ranges from...
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total, over 300 coat color and pattern combinations are possible under CFA conformation rules. The basic types include: Solid: The coat color is uniform across...
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Dogs have a wide range of coat colors, patterns, textures and lengths. Dog coat color is governed by how genes are passed from dogs to their puppies and...
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The coat of arms of Burkina Faso contains a shield based on the national flag. Above the shield the name of the country is shown, while below it is the...
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the original "standard" color variety of white with dark points, while the British Rabbit Council (BRC) recognizes four color varieties: normal, chocolate...
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colors are preferred; predominantly white coats are discouraged. Since Catahoula is a working dog, coat color is not a primary consideration. The Catahoula...
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Swiss mountain dog (section Tri-color coat)
Sheila M. (October 6, 2010). "Tricolor, Black-and-Tan, Tan Points (at)". Genetics of Coat Color and Type in Dogs. Retrieved April 4, 2011. Swiss dog breeds...
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Smoky black (category Horse coat colors)
Smoky black or black carrying cream is a coat color of horses which has the same phenotype as black. Smoky black is produced by the action of a heterozygous...
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