Inheritance of tweed, a modification of merle, in Australian shepherd dogs.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110097

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Inheritance of tweed, a modification of merle, in Australian shepherd dogs.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Sponenberg D P, Lamoreux M L

Abstract excerpt

An autosomal mutation is responsible for the modification of merle coat color (previously indicated to be due to a transposable DNA element) to the tweed merle pattern in the Australian shepherd dog. The tweed merle pattern consists of color patches that have a greater range in the intensity of t...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Dogs
Female
Genes, Dominant
Hair Color
Homozygote
Male
Mutation

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