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Prevalence of deafness in dogs heterozygous or homozygous for the merle allele.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Strain G M, Clark L A, Wahl J M, Turner A E, Murphy K E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Deafness in dogs is frequently associated with the pigment genes piebald and merle. Little is known about the prevalence of deafness in dogs carrying the merle allele. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of deafness in dogs heterozygous and homozygous for the merle allele of the mouse Silver pigment locus homolog (SILV) gene. ANIMALS: One hundred and fifty-three privately owned merle dogs of...
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