Virtually all homozygous merles have
abnormally small eyes and / or a plethora of other defects.
Eye diseases include entropion, progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), corneal dystrophy, retinal dysplasia, cataracts (often combined with
abnormally small eyes), glaucoma, and cherry eye.
Cataract with microphthalmia: a condition where a dog has cataracts along with
abnormally small eyes.
Microphthalmia, or
an abnormally small eye, is the most common eye defect seen in homozygous merles.
Not exact matches
Reduction of one of the lincRNAs, which they called cyrano, caused the zebrafish to have enlarged snouts,
small heads and
eyes, and short, curly tails, while the zebrafish lacking the lincRNA they called megamind had
abnormally shaped heads and enlarged brain ventricles.
Dogs who are predisposed to glaucoma will have an
abnormally small or narrowed angle in both
eyes.
He is also blind in his left
eye due to a condition known as microphthlamos, a disorder where one or both
eyes are
abnormally small.
The entire globe of the
eye may be
abnormally small (microphthalmia).
If nursing care is given and they survive as long as 3 weeks, the
eyes do not open, the ear canals remain very
small, and the hair coat is
abnormally bristly.