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  2. Heterochromia iridum - Wikipedia

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    In sectoral heterochromia, areas of the same iris contain two different colors, the contrasting colors being demarcated in a radial, or sectoral, manner. Sectoral heterochromia may affect one or both eyes. [31] It is unknown how rare sectoral heterochromia is in humans, but it is considered to be less common than complete heterochromia.

  3. Odd-eyed cat - Wikipedia

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    A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...

  4. The Rarest Eye Color in the World: What It Is and Why

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    Heterochromia iridum is the name of this rare phenomenon. It occurs when the iris—the colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil—exhibits two different colors.

  5. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    Heterochromia (heterochromia iridum or heterochromia iridis) is an eye condition in which one iris is a different color from the other (complete heterochromia), or where a part of one iris is a different color from the remainder (partial heterochromia or sectoral heterochromia).

  6. 'Patchwork' Maine Coon Cat Is Actually a Rare Genetic Chimera

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    Chimerism is rare condition in which two zygotes fuse into a single embryo, making one organism from what should have been siblings. It can occur in all kinds of species, including, very rarely in ...

  7. Iris (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Heterochromia (also known as a heterochromia iridis or heterochromia iridum) is an ocular condition in which one iris is a different color from the other iris (complete heterochromia), or where the part of one iris is a different color from the remainder (partial heterochromia or sectoral heterochromia).

  8. How Rare Are Green Eyes, Exactly? - AOL

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  9. List of people with heterochromia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable people who have been documented as having heterochromia iridis, a condition when the irises have different colours. People who are frequently mistakenly thought to have heterochromia are not included, but may be listed in the Notes section.