"Pigmentation patterns" refers to the different colors or markings on a surface, such as the skin or fur of animals, or the colors of flowers. Full definition
Getting the details right «required many hours of staring,» Nicholls says, as he and Vinther studied how to untangle the overlapping pigmentation patterns left in the various folds of the flattened fossil. (sciencemag.org)
This supports a recent proposal that such cells may be the master control switches of domestication, explaining why domestic animals share common traits, such as smaller brains and certain pigmentation patterns — a mystery first noted by Charles Darwin. (sciencemag.org)
The evolution of melanin - based within - feather pigmentation patterns may coincide with that of elongate pennaceous feathers in the common ancestor of Maniraptora, before active powered flight. (science.sciencemag.org)