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[โ€“] python@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Piebald coloration has also been found to be a marker of domestication too, although there isn't much of a good explanation for it yet - https://susancrockford.substack.com/p/thyroid-hormone-and-spotted-coats

[โ€“] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I saw somewhere (ok, I probably didn't imagine it) that they believed pigmentation was linked somehow to adrenaline production. But it wasn't proven at the time.