Germinal reversion of the merle allele in Australian shepherd dogs.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109874

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Germinal reversion of the merle allele in Australian shepherd dogs.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Sponenberg D P

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A homozygous merle Australian shepherd bitch produced two nonmerle offspring and 64 that carried the merle allele. The two nonmerle offspring produced no merles when bred to nonmerles, indicating that the germinal reversion to nonmerle was stable. This occurrence is further evidence that the merl...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
DNA Transposable Elements
Dogs
Female
Male
Mutation

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