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Pretty cool

Crias October 21, 2011 October 21, 2011

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Not sure if this mare has been posted here before, as I have not been around all that long, but she sure is cool. Scroll down to 2nd posting to see images on the link. http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/brindle-giant-birdcat…

Threnody Sat, 10/22/2011 - 22:40

Not uncommon at all. A lot of them seem more often than not to be asymmetrical.

This type of somatic mutation gets mixed up with white brindling caused by skewed rabicano or roan. Since they are caused by a symmetrical pattern they are symmetrical in their expression like Catch A Bird. I've even seen a snowcap appy have brindling caused by that kind of skewing of their pattern.

I have my own theory that white brindles like DA could also be caused by pattern skewing. Only they could be caused by skewing of leg and face markings not body markings. It seems different than somatic mutation that forms different colored patches.

Either way it's a missmark or somatic mutation of some form that causes stripes with inactive pigment.