genetics Archive

  • Lusia at Lassie Gets Help puts forth Dewi Tweed, the 2010 International Supreme Champion sheep dog as proof that the “genetic bottleneck” in Border Collies is benign or perhaps a […]

    The BC Bottleneck

    Lusia at Lassie Gets Help puts forth Dewi Tweed, the 2010 International Supreme Champion sheep dog as proof that the “genetic bottleneck” in Border Collies is benign or perhaps a […]

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  • What color is Mara? Having had the pleasure of studding out both Mercury and Dublin to Mara, the 8 resulting puppies have created more questions than have been answered. Mara’s […]

    The Mara Mystery

    What color is Mara? Having had the pleasure of studding out both Mercury and Dublin to Mara, the 8 resulting puppies have created more questions than have been answered. Mara’s […]

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  • Although Mara’s unique expression of the Merle gene (or a heretofore unidentified modification gene) is still making exact classification of the pups a challenge, the one thing that’s for certain […]

    Mercury Puppies at 4 Weeks

    Although Mara’s unique expression of the Merle gene (or a heretofore unidentified modification gene) is still making exact classification of the pups a challenge, the one thing that’s for certain […]

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  • My little baby Mercury is a father! His present for his second birthday was his first co-ed sleep over with that hot red head Mara, and now she’s given birth […]

    Mercury Rang the Bell

    My little baby Mercury is a father! His present for his second birthday was his first co-ed sleep over with that hot red head Mara, and now she’s given birth […]

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  • “For the sins of your fathers you, though guiltless, must suffer.” -Horace, “Odes,” III, 6, l. 1.   Many of you saw Pedigree Dogs Exposed and were shocked. You were […]

    Impending Doom

    “For the sins of your fathers you, though guiltless, must suffer.” -Horace, “Odes,” III, 6, l. 1.   Many of you saw Pedigree Dogs Exposed and were shocked. You were […]

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