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  2. Dog coat genetics - Wikipedia

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    Dogs have a wide range of coat colors, patterns, textures and lengths. [1] Dog coat color is governed by how genes are passed from dogs to their puppies and how those genes are expressed in each dog. Dogs have about 19,000 genes in their genome [2] but only a handful affect the physical variations in their coats. Most genes come in pairs, one ...

  3. Dog coat - Wikipedia

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    A dog's coat is composed of two layers: a top coat of stiff guard hairs that help repel water and shield from dirt, and an undercoat of soft down hairs, to serve as insulation. [1] Dogs with both under coat and top coat are said to have a double coat. Dogs with a single coat have a coat composed solely of guard hairs, with little or no downy ...

  4. Merle (dog coat) - Wikipedia

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    Merle is a genetic pattern in a dog's 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 a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes, and can affect skin pigment as well. Two types of colored patches generally appear in a merle coat: brown ...

  5. Piebald - Wikipedia

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    A piebald mare. In British English piebald (black and white) and skewbald (white and any colour other than black) are together known as coloured.In North American English, the term for this colouring pattern is pinto, with the specialized term "paint" referring specifically to a breed of horse with American Quarter Horse or Thoroughbred bloodlines in addition to being spotted, whereas pinto ...

  6. Dogs’ facial markings could play a role in how close they are ...

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  7. Tobiano - Wikipedia

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    Shah Jahan on a piebald tobiano. Tobiano traits generally include the following: White legs from the hocks and knees down; White crossing the back between the withers and the dock of the tail; White is arranged in a vertical pattern; Facial markings are similar to those of a traditionally solid-colored horse. i.e. star, snip, strip, or blaze.

  8. Piebaldism - Wikipedia

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    Piebaldism is an autosomal dominant [4] hereditary condition, which tends to produce high rates of inheritance and long chains of generational transmission. All who inherit the gene have at some time in life evidence of piebald hypopigmentation of the hair or skin, most likely both.

  9. 1:32 scale - Wikipedia

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    A 6 ft (183 cm) tall person is modeled as 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (57 mm) tall in 1:32 scale. 1:32 was once so common a scale for toy trains, autos, and soldiers that it was known as "standard size" in the industry (not to be confused with Lionel's "Standard Gauge" ). 1:32 is the scale for Gauge 1 toy and model trains.