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Random mutations leading to phenotypic diversity!
At a Blog called ERV no less!:
I have no idea how the leopard got its spots, but scientists have figured out how horses got their leopard spots!
Evidence for a Retroviral Insertion in TRPM1 as the Cause of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness and Leopard Complex Spotting in the Horse
Get this!
Scientists have known for a few years that it is mutations within ‘transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 1′ (TRPM1), that cause leopard spots and sometimes night blindness in horses. It turns out the bugger causing both of these phenotypes is a retrovirus that decided to plop into TRPM1...
@ How the Appaloosa got its leopard spots – erv:
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