Whether purebred or mixed breed, dogs come in a variety of colors and patterns, from dark to light, solid to spotted, and ...

Dog coat patterns may have emerged before humans domesticated them, study finds. An extinct canine ancestor may have had a hand in influencing fur coat patterns seen in dog breeds today .

Natural selection would have caused that coat pattern to persist in the population that eventually gave rise to dogs and wolves. “We were initially surprised to discover that white wolves and yellow ...

The inheritance of several coat color patterns in dogs has been controversially debated for decades. Researchers including Tosso Leeb from the Institute of Genetics of the University of Bern have ...

Shown above are the five distinct patterns of dog coats. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Update August 16, 6:52 p.m.: This story was updated with comment from study co-author ...

Dogs can be easily distinguished by variations in the patterns of their coat colors, which most commonly include black, brown, yellow, and white. In a new study from UC Davis, experts have had a ...

Structural variants that control expression of the agouti signaling protein, or ASIP, gene at two separate locations produce five distinctive coat color patterns in modern dogs. These different ...