Dilution gene

Dilution gene is a popular term for any one of a number of genes that act to create a lighter coat color in living creatures. There are many examples of such genes:

General

Diluted coat colors have melanocytes, but vary from darker colors due to the concentration or type of these pigment-producing cells, not their absence. Pigment dilution, sometimes referred to as hypomelanism, has been called leucism, albinism (perfect, impartial, or dilute), ghosting, paling, and isabellinism.

Albinism describes a condition where there is no color pigment

Leucism describes a condition that creates loss of pigment cells

Cats

Cat coat genetics discusses many dilution genes in cats

Horses

Equine coat color genetics discusses color genes in horses, including a brief description of dilution genes

Equine coat color describes various colors in horses

Cream gene, describes the process for horses by which the cremello, perlino, smoky cream double-dilute colors are created as well as the buckskin, palomino and smoky black single dilute colors.

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