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The dun 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, tail, legs, and primitive markings the shade of the undiluted base coat color. A dun horse always has a dark dorsal stripe down the middle of its back, usually has a darker face ...
Non-dun 2, the version of the dun gene that most domestic horses have, is thought to be much more recent, possibly from after domestication. [3] Leopard complex patterns also predate domestication, having been found in horse remains from 20,000 years ago.
Dun most commonly refers to: Dun gene, which produces a brownish-gray color (dun) in horses and other Equidae; Dun (fortification), an ancient or medieval fort;
Dún Briste (English: Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a natural sea stack or pilaster - in geomorphology called stack - that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago.
Zebra stripes are visible on the left back leg. The dun gene also produces light guard hairs in the mane and the tail. Grullo [1] (pronounced GREW-yo) [2] [a] or grulla is a color of horses in the dun family, characterized by tan-gray or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs ...
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