I feel like having an aptitude for programming at least will incline you to dapple before college.
I guess "fundamental" to me spoke of more horse vs donkey differences, not palomino vs dapple vs grey.
a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
See also: spot speckle patch fleck maculation
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
See also: mottle cloud