Timeline for Why would the Camargue horses have a white coat while the foal have a dark coat?
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| Oct 8, 2013 at 21:20 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBiology/status/387688995742035968 | ||
| S Oct 7, 2013 at 20:52 | history | suggested | Atl LED |
Couldn't help myself...
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| Oct 7, 2013 at 20:46 | comment | added | Atl LED | I will have to do more research into the Camargue, but many animals have pigment changes over time just because they haven't developed the melanocytes to have adult coloration. It simply isn't advantageous to spend energy on coloration when you're growing bone. And sometimes the melanocytes are hormonally stimulated. A possible behavioral selection could be something like "foals are not seen as mate competition until their color changes," and thus avoid competitive behavior of say a large alpha male. | |
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| Oct 7, 2013 at 18:00 | answer | added | Amory | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 7, 2013 at 17:23 | history | edited | Ram Manohar M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
spelling correction
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| Oct 7, 2013 at 17:17 | history | asked | Ram Manohar M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |