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== Temperature-dependent colorpoint ==

{{main|Acromelanism}}

In many species, colorpoint patterns come from a genetic mechanism causing pigment to be produced only in cooler areas of the body, called [[acromelanism]]. This can be seen in [[cat]]s, [[dog]]s (rare),<ref name="Brancalion2021">{{cite journal r|last1=Brancalion |first1=L |title=Canine coat pigmentation genetics: a review |journal=Animal Genetics |date=2022 |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=3–34 |doi=10.1111/age.13154 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/age.13154 Brancalion2021|access-datep=21 August 202422}}</ref> [[fancy rat]]s, [[guinea pig]]s, and [[rabbit]]s.

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== Cattle ==

In cattle, extreme [[color-sided]]ness creates a colorpoint pattern with a white body and darker ears, nose, and feet. Breeds displaying this pattern include the [[White Park cattle|White Park]], [[British White]] and some [[Irish Moiled]].<ref name=cabi>Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.it/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ&hl=en ''Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding''] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{isbn|9781780647944}}.</ref>

[[File:British White calf trio.jpg|thumb|upright|British White calves]]

In cattle, extreme [[color-sided]]ness creates a colorpoint pattern with a white body and darker ears, nose, and feet. Breeds displaying this pattern include the [[White Park cattle|White Park]], [[British White]] and some [[Irish Moiled]].<ref name=cabi>Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.it/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ&hl=en ''Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding''] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{isbnr|9781780647944porter2016|p=127}}.</ref>

== See Also ==

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<ref name="Brancalion2021">{{cite journal |last1=Brancalion |first1=L |title=Canine coat pigmentation genetics: a review |journal=Animal Genetics |date=2022 |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=3–34 |doi=10.1111/age.13154 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/age.13154 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="Chappell">{{Cite web |url=http://www.doggenetics.co.uk/tan.html#tan |title=The Agouti Series : Tan Points |website=Dog Coat Color Genetics |first=Jess |last=Chappell}}</ref>

<ref name="Dreger">{{cite journal|last1=Dreger|first1=Dayna L.|last2=Schmutz|first2=Sheila M.|year=2011|title=A SINE Insertion Causes the Black-and-Tan and Saddle Tan Phenotypes in Domestic Dogs|journal=Journal of Heredity|volume=102|issue=Suppl 1|pages=S11–S18|doi=10.1093/jhered/esr042|pmid=21846741|doi-access=free}}</ref>

<ref name="porter2016">{{Cite book |first1=Valerie |last1=Porter |first2=Lawrence |last2=Alderson |first3=Stephen J.G. |last3=Hall |first4=D. Phillip |last4=Sponenberg |year=2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ |title=Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding |edition=Sixth |publisher=[[CAB International|CABI]] |isbn=9781780647944}} </ref>

<ref name="sponen2009">{{Cite book |title=Equine Color Genetics |first=D. Phillip |last=Sponenberg |edition=3rd |year=2009 |publisher=Blackwell Pub. |isbn= |ol=22501687M}}</ref>