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ByLaurenLeighWinnettonSaturday,January11,2014at3:49pm
can2irish/mantlemarkeddogsproducepied?Yes. can2solidcoloredanimalsproducepied?YesSolidcolorationisdominant.
merleinitselfisNOTalethalgene.Lethalimplyingdeath.
soifitsnotLethalwhyaretheycalled"LethalWhite"whentheyaredoublemerle?
becauseofthebeliefthatitwillbethewhitepupthatwillhavethehealthconcernslabelingita doublemerleandthusthewhitepupisculledmakingit"Lethal"howevernotgeneticallyso.
whatarethechancesofadoublemerle?
MMXMM=MM100% (alldoublemerle)
MMXmm
100%singlemerle
whatareotherexplanationsofhighwhitecontentonthecoat? thewhiteextensiongenewhichoperatesseparatelyfromMerle.
extremepiebaldNOmerlegeneinvolved.
extremepiedwithtickingnomerlegene
thisdogiseitheradoublemerleORamerlewithextremepiebald(thoughtthestarbursteye mutationsaysdoublemerle)
canmerleandpiebaldbothbepresentinoneanimal?YES,irishmerle,piedmerle,and extremepiedmerledoexistandareNOTnecessarilydoublemerleanimals.
tickingandroanarecompletelydifferentandagainworkindifferentgenessotheoreticallyyou couldhaveBOTHonadog.
thisisaliverroan.roanbeing."Amixtureofcolouredandwhitehairs.
thefollowingdogisPIEBALD,NONMERLEandNothavingTicking.butFalsetickingpiebald spots.
inbreedingvslinebreeding:
inbreedingisthebreedingofcloserelationsexample(fathertodaughter,mothertosonect) linebreedingisbreedingfurtherapartinabloodline(mothershalfbrothertomothersdaughter)
isbredoutwardoncemore.