Contents

Copyright

Preface

  • Breed Short Forms

About The Author

Foreword By: Karen Smiley Combs

Foreword By: Tanita Bruce

Introduction and History of Merle Testing

The First Merle Dog: By:Liisa Sarakontu

M Locus

  • m - Non-Merle - Wild Type
  • Mc - Cryptic Merle 200 - 230 bp
  • Mc+ -  Cryptic Merle + 231 - 246 bp
  • Ma - Atypical Merle 247 - 254 bp
  • Ma+ - Atypical Merle + 255 - 264 bp
  • M - Merle 265 - 268 bp
  • Mh - Harlequin Merle 269 - 280 bp 

Merle Phenotype Combinations

  • m/m
  • m/Mc
  • Mc/Mc
  • m/Mc+
  • Mc/Mc+
  • Mc+/Mc+
  • m/Ma
  • Mc/Ma
  • Mc+/Ma
  • Ma/Ma
  • m/Ma+
  • Mc/Ma+
  • Mc+/Ma+
  • Ma+/Ma+
  • m/M
  • Mc/M
  • Mc+/M
  • Ma/M
  • Ma+/M
  • M/M
  • m/Mh
  • Mc/Mh
  • Mc+/Mh
  • Ma/Mh
  • M/Mh
  • Mh/Mh

Harlequin Merle Inheritance 

Tweed

Chromatograms

  • Homozygous Results

Mosaicism

  •     Finding a Mosaic Result
  •     Somatic and Germline Cells
  •     Inheritance of a Minor Allele
  •     Undetected Mosaicism
  •     Fraction of Major and Minor Alleles
  •     Minimal Merle
  •     Mosaic Results
  •     Mosaic Percentages by Breed 

Merle Phenotype Combinations

H Locus - Harlequin

Double Merle

  • Vision and Hearing Impairment  
  • Unexplained White Patterns
  • Lethal White
  • Myths and Speculations
  • Breeding Merle x Piebald
  • Anencephaly

Defining - Mc - Cryptic Merle

  • Cryptic Merle vs Minimal Merle vs Hidden Merle

  • Genetic Diversity

Breeding Charts

Comparing Other Merle Papers

  • Murphy et al
  • Paw Print Genetics
  • Shortening and Lengthening
  • Shortening/Lengthening Update

Related Individuals 

Conclusion

Acknowledgements