Has anyone determined what exactly a piebald is? Is it a part normal part albino? Im just trying to understand piebald? Any help or explanation would be great.
Thanks in advance
Toby
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Piebalds..........
TobyEKing
Sep 23, 2005 02:03 PM
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toshamc
Sep 23, 2005 02:07 PM
Piebald means spotted or patched - it's just another phenotype not a combination of anything.
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Phi
Sep 23, 2005 04:56 PM
That's right. Just like with dogs..... such as piebald bulldogs, etc.
Eric
BelgianBeer
Sep 23, 2005 03:48 PM
The genetic consensus has been that the Homozygous form shuts down a random section of melanospores from being able to distribute melanin in the affected area.
jyohe
Sep 23, 2005 07:23 PM
yea..........patches with no colors (pigments) at random.....
usually the head and rear areas are less afected....middle of animals tend to be more colorless...
even with whitetailed deer.the head is still usually normal......not always.....
even Jack Russels have white heads....
so there is hope we can see white headed pied balls......
cool.......
white head and the rest normal (with light orange and stripings of pieds).would be cool......
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