piebaldism

[′pī‚bȯl‚diz·əm]

(medicine)

A pigmentary disorder characterized by patterns of white spots on the skin and caused by an inherited absence of melanocytes.

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To my knowledge, none of the stockers showed any evidence of piebaldism in its coat.

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Piebaldism Piebald patterns in skin Autosomal are caused by interference Dominant of the migration of melanocytes during development.

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With respect to skin, there are sections on hairiness and hypertrichosis, baldness and testosterone, piebaldism, albinism, skin colour, red hair (and the polymorphisms of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor, MC1R, which cause red hair), and finally supernumerary breasts.