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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 pigmented hairs that do not "gray out" or fade as the animal ages. [1] There are a variety of genetic conditions which produce the colors described as "roan" in various species. Bay Roan with ...
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 ...
In the animal fancy, coat is an attribute that reflects the quality of a specimen's breeding as well as the level of the animal's care, conditioning, and management. Coat is an integral aspect of the judging at competitions such as a conformation dog show , a cat show , a horse show (especially showmanship classes ), or a rabbit show .
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 ...
"After the color image is established, the black silver-based image is dissolved away, leaving the color behind." #28 The Cathedral, Amsterdam, Holland Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company
On homozygous M/M "double merles", black is replaced with ~25% black, ~50% silver and ~25% white, again with random variation, such that some animals have more black or more white. Eumelanin (black/etc.) is significantly reduced by M/m , but phaeomelanin is barely affected such that there will be little to no evidence of the merle gene on any ...
Few insects are as beloved as the monarch butterfly. These fascinating creatures are beautiful, boldly colored and surprisingly strong — the North American monarch migrating thousands of miles ...