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A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of unpigmented spots (white) on a pigmented background of hair, feathers or scales. Thus a piebald black and white dog is a black dog with white spots. The animal's skin under the white background is not pigmented. Animals with this pattern may include birds, cats, cattle, dogs, foxes, horses, cetaceans, deer, pigs, and snakes. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for pink skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism.

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  • Eine Scheckung gibt es bei Menschen und den meisten Tierarten. Sie ist eine abgeschwächte Form des Leuzismus, bei der der Körper nicht überall weiß ist, sondern nur einige Teile des Körpers weiße Flecken haben. (de)
  • Une robe pie est une robe comprenant une couleur et du blanc. Le terme « pie », par analogie à l'animal du même nom dont la robe est naturellement noire et blanche, est souvent préféré à celui de « bicolore » pour désigner de telles robes : c'est par exemple le cas du cheval ou de la vache. La robe pie est présente chez de nombreux animaux domestiques et sauvages. Dans les termes techniques d'élevage, on distingue les robes tachées de blanc, des autres. (fr)
  • A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of unpigmented spots (white) on a pigmented background of hair, feathers or scales. Thus a piebald black and white dog is a black dog with white spots. The animal's skin under the white background is not pigmented. Location of the unpigmented spots is dependent on the migration of melanoblasts (primordial pigment cells) from the neural crest to paired bilateral locations in the skin of the early embryo. The resulting pattern appears symmetrical only if melanoblasts migrate to both locations of a pair and proliferate to the same degree in both locations. The appearance of symmetry can be obliterated if the proliferation of the melanocytes (pigment cells) within the developing spots is so great that the sizes of the spots increase to the point that some of the spots merge, leaving only small areas of the white background among the spots and at the tips of the extremities. Animals with this pattern may include birds, cats, cattle, dogs, foxes, horses, cetaceans, deer, pigs, and snakes. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for pink skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism. In medieval English "pied" indicated alternating contrasting colours making up the quarters of an item of costume or livery device in heraldry. Court jesters and minstrels are sometimes depicted in pied costume; this is the origin of the name of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. (en)
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  • Eine Scheckung gibt es bei Menschen und den meisten Tierarten. Sie ist eine abgeschwächte Form des Leuzismus, bei der der Körper nicht überall weiß ist, sondern nur einige Teile des Körpers weiße Flecken haben. (de)
  • Une robe pie est une robe comprenant une couleur et du blanc. Le terme « pie », par analogie à l'animal du même nom dont la robe est naturellement noire et blanche, est souvent préféré à celui de « bicolore » pour désigner de telles robes : c'est par exemple le cas du cheval ou de la vache. La robe pie est présente chez de nombreux animaux domestiques et sauvages. Dans les termes techniques d'élevage, on distingue les robes tachées de blanc, des autres. (fr)
  • A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of unpigmented spots (white) on a pigmented background of hair, feathers or scales. Thus a piebald black and white dog is a black dog with white spots. The animal's skin under the white background is not pigmented. Animals with this pattern may include birds, cats, cattle, dogs, foxes, horses, cetaceans, deer, pigs, and snakes. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for pink skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism. (en)
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  • Scheckung (de)
  • Pie (robe) (fr)
  • Piebald (en)
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