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Figure 1. Not all tigers have stripes. A stripeless tiger sits with her two siblings (photo courtesy of Cango Wildlife Ranch). |
Figure 2. Stripeless tigers are not common, but they are not wholly uncommon (photo by Krzysztof Duda, You Tube). |
Figure 3. Not all zebras are uniformly striped. Some have spots (photo via Bonnie Cook, Pinterest). |
Figure 4. Some zebras have lost their stripes. Here, a pseudomelanistic zebra grazes next to a striped kin (photo courtesy of Linda De Volder). |
Figure 5. Not all cheetahs are fully spotted. Here, a cheetah with stripes crouches next to one with the more common pattern (photo by Greg Barsh, courtesy of Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre). |
Figure 6. Stripes can sometimes change from one generation to the next. Here, a pseudomelanistic zebra foal stands next to her mother (photo by Michael Fitt, courtesy of Wilderness Safaris). |
Figure 7. White stripes on the African striped mouse appear where melanocytes have been switched off by the interaction of diffusing morphogens (photo by J. F. Broekhuis). |
Figure 8. Zebra stripes vary in number and width based on when they begin developing in the embryo (from the top, photos by Rainbirder; Bernard Dupont; Joachim Huber, cc2 Wikimedia). |
Figure 9. Our hands are striped. Polydactyly reflects a change in the underlying Turing pattern, based on timing in development (Wikimedia). |
Figure 10. The transition from "mackerel" to "blotched" tabby cat is governed by one transmembrane protein (photos by Hirashi and Cassie J., cc2 Wikimedia). |
Figure 11. A melanistic leopard (or "black panther") shows its spots in infrared imaging (photo courtesy of Laurie Hedges). |
Figure 12. A spotless cheetah, like a black panther, shows pigmentation effects that eclipse underlying patterns (Photo by Guy Combes). |
Figure 13. One of the last quaggas in 1870, its coloration reflecting its divergence from other zebra types (Figure 8) (Wikimedia). |