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    The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses. These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair...
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    blindness; the latter has been linked to the leopard complex. Artwork depicting prehistoric horses with leopard spotting exists in prehistoric cave paintings...
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    There are a group of coat patterns caused by the leopard gene complex. Not every horse with leopard genetics will exhibit hair coat spotting. However...
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    pattern. The leopard complex, related to the Leopard (LP) gene, characterizes the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper breeds with their spotted coats. Leopard is genetically...
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    leopard, leopard gecko and the leopard tortoise among some others. The Lp (leopard complex) gene is responsible for the leopard color pattern in horses, which...
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  • characteristic of Leopards Leopard complex, the genetic allele responsible for leopard-spotting in horses LEOPARD syndrome, a rare autosomal dominant...
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    sabinos originates in a white patch, and the roaning is uneven. The leopard complex colors, characteristic of the Appaloosa breed, have several manifestations...
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    : 171  Pinto patterns are visually and genetically distinct from the leopard complex spotting patterns characteristic of horse breeds such as the Appaloosa...
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    genes underlying tobiano, dominant white, frame overo spotting and the Leopard complex common to the Appaloosa, the champagne gene does not affect the location...
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    not extend past the throatlatch. Spotting and characteristics of the Leopard complex and the various pinto patterns are not accepted, and body spots of...
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    thought to be much more recent, possibly from after domestication. Leopard complex patterns also predate domestication, having been found in horse remains...
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    of a gray. This type of roaning only occurs in conjunction with the Leopard complex. Varnish roans are born with a dark base coat color, usually with some...
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    has been linked with the leopard complex color pattern since the 1970s. A 2008 study theorizes that both CSNB and leopard complex spotting patterns are linked...
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    Pinto patterns Leopard complex Varnish roan See also Appaloosa and Knabstrupper Roaning patterns Roan Rabicano...
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    The Kampfpanzer Leopard, subsequently Leopard 1 following the introduction of the successive Leopard 2, is a main battle tank designed by Porsche and manufactured...
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    The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant cat species in the genus Panthera. It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots...
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    of Thoroughbreds. Gray also affects spotting patterns of pintos and leopard complex horses such as Appaloosas. Its effects wash out the contrast of the...
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    do not. Prior to domestication of the horse, dun, non-dun1, and the leopard complex are thought to have been the wild type modifiers of the base colors...
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    patterns. The fewspot leopard pattern, however, can resemble white. Two factors influence the eventual appearance of a leopard complex coat: whether one copy...
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    involved. Two forms of CSNB can also affect horses, one linked to the leopard complex of equine coat colors and the other found in certain horse breeds....
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    roans. A varnish roan is not a true roan; it is actually one of the leopard complex coat patterns associated with Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, Noriker horse...
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    dun as opposed to a buckskin or a bay. Leopard complex: Responsible for a variety of patterns, typically leopard-type spotting, and is most closely identified...
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    The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) is a subspecies of the leopard (P. pardus). It is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent. It is threatened...
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    The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in...
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    markings and ticking can occur on any brindle dog. Brindle is caused by a complex gene process and is technically a form of mosaicism, where some cells express...
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    may also be a hereditary trait, such as seen with the champagne and leopard complex genes in horses. Mottles can also refer to discoloration in processed...
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    Pinto patterns Leopard complex Varnish roan See also Appaloosa and Knabstrupper Roaning patterns Roan Rabicano...
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    Pinto patterns Leopard complex Varnish roan See also Appaloosa and Knabstrupper Roaning patterns Roan Rabicano...
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    pink-skinned white markings. White markings and patterns such as pinto and leopard have no bearing on the underlying base coat color of the animal. Black...
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    found in the breed, as are pinto patterns, with the exception of the leopard complex. Horses with pinto coloration tend to sell for the most money at the...
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