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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Ecol Evol. 2021 Aug 12;5(10):1415–1423. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01524-x

Fig. 1. Coat patterns controlled by ASIP.

Fig. 1

Drawings of the five pattern types caused by ASIP regulatory variation are shown on the left, with representative photographs shown on the right. A completely black coat caused by homozygosity for ASIP loss-of-function is not shown. Within each pattern type, there may be variation due to other factors including: (1) the position of the boundaries between pheomelanic and eumelanic areas, e.g. in black saddle or black back; (2) the shade of pheomelanin (red to nearly white); (3) presence of a black facial mask or white spotting caused by genes other than ASIP; and (4) length and/or curl of hair coat. Patterns are displayed in order of dominance.