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Date Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 10:19:58pm CST
Author: Dan McDonough
Author Host/IP: 74-36-148-240.dr01.nwmd.wi.frontiernet.net / 74.36.148.240
Subject: Re: Merelikins, Swerles, and Pie Balds ????
In reply to: Rex Bowers 's message, "Merelikins, Swerles, and Pie Balds ????" on Mon, Sep 17, 07:18:50pm CST

> What in the world are those? Just three of many color
>patterns that can appear in breeds with merle and
>brindle genes. Some breeds do not allow mating dog
>with merle to a female with brindle, or solid blacks
>and blues to tan trims ,or fawns to any of
>above.Reason being,each mating compounds the factors.
>genetic modifiers can have either positive or
>negitive, and to various degrees. I'm sure many have
>seen a white deer with spots, Pie bald, or mulatto? A
>"Merlikin", or properly, a Merlequin, has genes from
>both merle and Harliquin. "Swerles" are merle and
>brindle with modified color gene, often called a
>"Camo". Very few of these are seen in our present day
>Leopards but I asure you they can evenyually get
>there. I've old photos of Plott Curs manys years back,
>showing them.Seen it in Julys. Great Danes had them
>real bad and then prohibited crossing different
>patterns. The July breeders bred for ability only and
>this crazy patterns persisted. Catahoulas have
>this..Five genetic modifiers that produce white, other
>than outside influence. Me thinks we know very, very
>little about the color "Leopard" ! There are some
>informing articles on this subject, I've studied them,
>only to conclude it was way over my head,,,.Color is
>only ONE of fourteen traits in a treedog. Rex

I've read a few of the more common books on genetics, none of which I have commited to memory for certain. I got one from Jed Prendergast last year and it was the most easy and informative of all that I have looked at. It's title is GENETICS by Jackie Isabell. In short it states that the locus M allele is, "The most complex of all pairs (Mm)...The m allele is an excellent example of pleiotropy--the phenomenon of a single allele causing a number of distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotiypic effects. Even when heterozygous, the M allele is associated qith some deafness ans well as occasional wall eyes...When homozygous the dogs usually have samll eyes with blue or partly blue irises, and they often have impaired hearing and fertility." Merle coloring is very hard on my head. I wish I had a buddy who knew more about it. I think I'm going to have to call the university.

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