Agouti is a type of fur coloration in which each hair displays two or more bands of pigmentation. The overall appearance of agouti fur is usually gray...

alternating cycles of agouti and α-MSH production cause agouti coloration. Each hair has bands of yellow which grew during agouti production, and black...

have a point coloration similar to that of Siamese cats. In horses, point coloration is most often produced by the action of the agouti gene. It acts...

cause black fur coloration, while mutations causing expression throughout the whole body in mice cause yellow fur and obesity. The agouti-signaling protein...

genus Cuniculus, formerly Agouti Agouti (coloration), fur coloration in which each hair has alternating dark and light bands Agouti-signalling protein or...

transposition events. The Agouti genes are orthologous genes involved in camouflage across many lineages. They produce yellow and red coloration (phaeomelanin),...

"chinchilla" allele, an allele also responsible for self white and silver agouti coloration. Equine coat color Equine coat color genetics "roan, a. and n.1" Oxford...

smaller than agoutis and have very short tails (5 to 7 cm), while agoutis lack tails. For this reason the acouchis are also called tailed agoutis. The two...

phenotypes of coloration, some deemed more desirable than others by fanciers. The genetic influences on tipped or shaded cats are: Agouti gene. Tabby pattern...

allele of the agouti gene, which evens out the usual striped pattern of the colors of the coat. In contrast, tabby cats have an agouti gene that produces...