Striped Dog
Is the evolution of zebra really possible?
i mean can a random mutation of a normal horse really have stripes that have very uniform pattern and only be comprised of two colors? why no zebras with a pattern of three colors? why no zebras with golden or green stripes that might have provided better camouflage in savanna? Why no zebras with horizontal stripes or even diagonal stripes? If these stripes provide such a wonderful protection against predators why haven't other species also evolved similar variants? Zebra striped dogs? zebra striped birds? zebra striped buffalos?? zebra striped elephants???? c'mon don't give me a shitty answer and think you can fool anyone with your speculative guess. I need sound logical theory backed up with scientific evidence.
It has to do with the way that cells migrate when an embryo is developing. Embryonic development is a complex dance of migrating cells and chemical signals, and stripes and lines are very common, from striped patterns in other animals, to lines of different cell types like Blaschko's lines. Unless you've taken studied embryology at the university level, it's not something that can be easily explained. It's safe to say that it's much simpler than you think it is, but at the same time, much more complex.
Why are the stripes black and white? Because that's what the proto-zebras had to work with. Melanin and other dark pigments are very common, while white is simply the lack of a pigment. Thus, black and white stripes can be accomplished by switching a few genes on and off. Green pigments are certainly possible, but would have require the evolution of an entirely new pigment, which means it would be less likely. It's also important to consider the herd behavior of zebras. The stripes don't help them camouflage against the environment... they're too big to hide when they're in a herd. Instead, a large mass of stripes helps confuse predators and protect the herd as a whole. An individual gets picked off now and again, but the herd (and the unlucky meal's offspring) survives, which is all that matters from an evolutionary perspective.
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