Color Mutations In Animals
A mutation is a heritable change in the genetic material of an individual.
Color mutations in animals. Not present in all families of animals piebald animals often have very interesting and beautiful patterns. Sometimes these animals are born with color mutations that make them difficult to identify. Mar 5 2012 explore equine tapestry s board color mutations other animals followed by 1025 people on pinterest.
Penguins are black and white. In the last few months at least four other coyotes with blue. Animals who present the color mutation known as piebald lack pigmentation in certain parts of their bodies but not in others.
For instance what s a penguin without its trademark black and white tuxedo pattern. Understanding identifying color mutations in wild birds animals. 1 brown panda 2 pink dolphin 3 blonde zebra 4 venus the chimera cat 5.
From pink dolphins to purple polar bears today we will look at 10 of the most shocking colour mutations in animals. From a tiger s bright orange fur and black stripes to an elephant s long gray trunk there are easy ways to identify them all. Blue is an incredibly rare eye color for coyotes and it s likely caused by a chance mutation.
Albinism and melanism result in animals that are all white or all black but mother nature has many more tricks up her sleeve. Many coat color mutations in mice and virtually all those in other mammals are of spontaneous origin. The smallest changes called point mutations alter only a single base the effect of a mutation depends on its size location intron or exon etc and the type of cell.
Everyone knows all this in fact for some people it may be the only thing they know about those animals. Large changes involve the loss addition duplication or rearrangement of whole chromosomes or chromosome segments. The change can be large or small.