Sentences with phrase «merle gene copy»

Not exact matches

Merle issues Breeding two merles together will lead to two copies of the merle gene being present in the pups resulting in eye, ear and abdominal probMerle issues Breeding two merles together will lead to two copies of the merle gene being present in the pups resulting in eye, ear and abdominal probmerle gene being present in the pups resulting in eye, ear and abdominal problems.

Only in the puppies that inherit two copies of the merle gene.

Dogs with two copies of the merle gene usually have multiple and significant problems with the eyes.

Like merle, the NBT gene is dominant with serious defects associated with having two copies.

No, however dogs which inherit two copies of the merle version of the gene will have more white (in Aussies usually much more white) than dogs with one or no merle version of the gene.

Dogs that receive one copy of the gene from each parent are homozygous for merle.

Not necessarily, but Aussies is inheriting two copies of the dominant form of the merle gene are almost always mostly white.

The abbreviation «MM» is also commonly used (genetic shorthand for 2 copies of the merle gene).

The white markings may occur because the dog is a double merle (two copies of the merle gene) or because normal white markings are overextended on the head.

Double Merle is the common term for homozygous merles (dogs with 2 copies of the merle gMerle is the common term for homozygous merles (dogs with 2 copies of the merle gmerle gene).

Most common is probably merle ocular dysgenesis — the complex of defects observed in dogs that have inherited two copies of the merle gene.

When a dog inherits two copies of the merle gene it virtually always has serious eye defects.

Because of this, one wouldn't necessarily know that a dog was merle and might breed it to another merle, producing puppies that are blind or deaf because they have two copies of the merle gene.

This dog, when mated to a non-merle, will produce an entire litter of normal merles, because it carries two versions of the merle (M) gene and all the puppies will inherit one copy from it, thus making them all (Mm).

Dogs who have two merle parents and have inherited two copies of the merle gene (double merles) are usually mostly white.