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Typically, melanism is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability inheritable], meaning it can be passed to the individuals' offspring. It is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_(genetics) dominant allele], that which is entirely or nearly entirely expressed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype phenotype], which is then responsible for the excessive amount of melanin. Adaptive and normal melanism can be found in many animals, including squirrels, felines, canids, and even snakes.

In 2003, the dominant mode of inheritance of melanism (specifically in jaguars) was confirmed by performing phenotype-transmission analysis in a 116-individual captive pedigree. All animals that had melanism were found to carry at least one copy of a mutant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC1R ''MC1R''] sequence allele, bearing a 15-base [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_pair pair inframe] deletion. Ten melanistic jaguars unrelated to the study were either [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homozygous Homozygous] (two copies of the gene) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygous Heterozygous] (one copy of the gene) for this allele. Another gene called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agouti_gene ''Agouti gene''] may also cause melanism.

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	Typically, melanism is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability inheritable], meaning it can be passed to the individuals' offspring. It is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_(genetics) dominant allele], that which is entirely or nearly entirely expressed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype phenotype], which is then responsible for the excessive amount of melanin. Adaptive and normal melanism can be found in many animals, including squirrels, felines, canids, and even snakes.		Typically, melanism is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability inheritable], meaning it can be passed to the individuals' offspring. It is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_(genetics) dominant allele], that which is entirely or nearly entirely expressed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype phenotype], which is then responsible for the excessive amount of melanin. Adaptive and normal melanism can be found in many animals, including squirrels, felines, canids, and even snakes.


	In 2003, the dominant mode of inheritance of melanism (specifically in jaguars) was confirmed by performing phenotype-transmission analysis in a 116-individual captive pedigree. All animals that had melanism were found to carry at least one copy of a mutant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC1R ''MC1R''] sequence allele, bearing a 15-base [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_pair pair inframe] deletion. Ten melanistic jaguars unrelated to the study were either [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homozygous Homozygous] (two copies of the gene) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygous Heterozygous] (one copy of the gene) for this allele. Another gene called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agouti_gene ''Agouti gene''] may also cause melanism.		In 2003, the dominant mode of inheritance of melanism (specifically in jaguars) was confirmed by performing phenotype-transmission analysis in a 116-individual captive pedigree. All animals that had melanism were found to carry at least one copy of a mutant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC1R ''MC1R''] sequence allele, bearing a 15-base [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_pair pair inframe] deletion. Ten melanistic jaguars unrelated to the study were either [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homozygous Homozygous] (two copies of the gene) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygous Heterozygous] (one copy of the gene) for this allele. Another gene called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agouti_gene ''Agouti gene''] may also cause melanism.