Pigment dilution research: scope matters
Knowledge for understanding and preserving American.
Research on rabbit coat dilution implicates MLPH, which participates in pigment distribution. Blue can be understood in that broader biological context, but the cited study is not a survey of contemporary American rabbits. Do not turn a species-level finding into a claim that every American Blue has been genotyped or that color measures the breed's total diversity.
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