[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: one more thing about the merles -
- From: Peggy <pmick@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Dorothy Linn <linnloch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:42:13 -0500
Another thing: the merle factor in the Collie is a dominant
modifier, independent of any other color...it is not a simple dilute.
It is not uniformly or predictably expressed, as it would be if it were
a simple dilute.
Peggy
Dorothy Linn wrote:
> Wow, this is fascinating! Always somthing new to learn--- I had also
> read that "livers" in German Shepherd Dogs also had various
> color-linked auto-immune mediated problems. The whole subject of
> dilutes, including merle patterning could fill a book. I wonder what
> the story is with blue Great Danes- they seem relatively healthy---
> however I have heard that blue Boxers have a myriad of problems.
> Dorothy
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