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  2. Agouti (coloration) - Wikipedia

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    A cat hair showing agouti coloration A domestic rabbit with agouti coloration. Agouti is a type of fur coloration in which each hair displays two or more bands of pigmentation. [1] [2] The overall appearance of agouti fur is usually gray or dull brown, [3] although dull yellow is also possible.

  3. Agouti - Wikipedia

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    The agouti (/ ə ˈ ɡ uː t iː / ⓘ, ə-GOO-tee) or common agouti is many of several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. They are native to Central America , northern and central South America , and the southern Lesser Antilles .

  4. Agouti coloration genetics - Wikipedia

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    White-bellied agouti A W mice have agouti coloration, with hairs that are black at the tips, then yellow, then black again, and white to tan bellies. [4] Agouti A looks like A W but the belly is dark like the back. [4] Black and tan a t causes a black back with a tan belly. A/a t heterozygotes look like A W mice. [4]

  5. Dasyproctidae - Wikipedia

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    Dasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. [1] Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees.

  6. Agouti-signaling protein - Wikipedia

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    Agouti-signaling protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASIP gene. [5] [6] It is responsible for the distribution of melanin pigment in mammals.[7] [8] Agouti interacts with the melanocortin 1 receptor to determine whether the melanocyte (pigment cell) produces phaeomelanin (a red to yellow pigment), or eumelanin (a brown to black pigment). [9]

  7. Agouti (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Agouti (coloration), fur coloration in which each hair has alternating dark and light bands; Agouti-signalling protein or ASIP, a circulating hormone encoded by the agouti gene that acts as an antagonist at melanocortin receptors; Agouti-related peptide, a neuropeptide produced in the brain by the AgRP/NPY neuron

  8. Central American agouti - Wikipedia

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    The Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae. [2] The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico ), through Central America , to northwestern Ecuador , Colombia and far western Venezuela .

  9. Brown agouti - Wikipedia

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    The brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) is a species of agouti in the family Dasyproctidae that is native to portions of central or southeastern Peru, east to western Brazil (specifically within the administrative divisions of Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia), south to a strip of Bolivia. [1]