Understanding Merle for Breeders

I wrote this downloadable article especially to help breeders understand the genetics of Merle.
This 7 page consenced article covers -

  • History of the Merle Mutation
  • Documented Historically Merle Breeds/Historically Non-Merle Breeds
  • Breed ID Testing
  • History of Merle Testing
  • The "langevin et al" Scale of Merle
  • Mosaicism
  • Defining Mc - Cryptic Merle    200 - 230 bp
  • "Homozygous Merle" vs "Double Merle"
  • Safe and Risky Merle Allele Combinations
  • Hidden/Masked Merle
  • "Hidden" vs "Non-Expressing"
  • Breeding Merle x Piebald