GENETICS

Do They Matter?

Some of these articles are highly controversial and thought-provoking.  It is hoped that the diversity of theory and fact will cause discussion and a better understanding of positions.

 

 

 

Retinal Disorders in Border Collies - Gregory M. Acland B.V.Sc., D.A.C.V.O., M.R.C.V.S.

Health and Genetics of Border Collies - A Breeder and Buyer's Guide 2002 – American Border Collie Association

Basic Genetic Concepts – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Breeding Schemes – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Significant Relationships – Dr. John B. Armstrong

How would you determine the impact of a famous champion on its breed?

Population Genetics and Breeding – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Inbreeding and Diversity – Dr. John B. Armstrong

The Nature of Genetic Disease – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Eliminating Mutation:  The Impossible Dream – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Diversity of the Purebred Dog (The Poodle and the Chocolate Cake) – Dr. John B. Armstrong

The Bourns Test Litters for Dayblindness in Malamutes - Prepared by Dr. John B. Armstrong

The Influence of Wycliffe on the Black Standard Poodle – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Glossary of Genetic Terms – Dr. John B. Armstrong

Reducing Breed Defects (as featured by Canine Chronicle Online) - Carmen L. Battaglia, PhD

The Known Hereditary Diseases of the Canine Eye – P.G.C. Bedford

The Ins and Outs of Pedigree Analysis, Genetic Diversity, and Genetic Disease Control - Jerold S. Bell, D.V.M.

The Effects of Genetic Testing:  Constructive or Destructive? – Jerold S. Bell, D.V.M

Removing the Stigma of Genetic Disease – Jerold S. Bell, D.V.M.

Purebred Dog Breeds into the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs - Jeffrey Bragg

 

Chocolate Great Dane – Jane Chopson

Inheritance of Great Dane Coat Color – Jane Chopson

von Willebrand’s Disease in Dobermanns - John K. Dunn MA BVM&S MVetSc DSAM Dip ECVIM MRCPath MRCVS

The Epilepsy Underground – Lynn Fremuth

Behavioral Genetics and Animal Science – Temple Grandin and Mark J. Deesing

Great Dane Genetics - Kris Kingsley, Dainoak Great Danes

Inheritance of Cataracts in Dogs – Leos Kral

Lens Anatomy and Types of Cataracts – Leos Kral

Lens Development – Leos Kral

Multiple Gene Traits – Leos Kral

Phenotypic vs. Genotypic Heterogeneity – Leos Kral

A Plea for Help – Leos Kral

Penetrance and Expressivity – Leos Kral

Importance of Complete Pedigrees – Leos Kral

Heritability – Fred Lanting

Constancy and Repeatability in Hip Evaluations – Fred Lanting

Birth Defects:  Cleft Palate – Why and When – Fred Lanting

Pituitary Dwarfism in the German Shepherd Dog - Part One of a Three-part Set of Articles on Dwarfism – Fred Lanting

Osteochondrodysplasias, Leg Deformities, and Dwarfism in the Canine (Part Two) – Fred Lanting

A Small Problem: Dwarfism in Dogs - Part Three: Confusion Continues – Fred Lanting

Hip Dysplasia in the Border Collie - Janet E. Larson

Eliminating Genetic Diseases in Dogs:  A Buyer's Perspective – Gary F. Mason

Genetics – Iain MacDonald

Ramblings: The Backcross (Dalmation-Pointer) Project – Joanne Nash

Inheritance of Temperament – Barbara Nibling

How to Select Against Genetic Disease with Knowledge, not Hope – George Packard

Is It Genetic? (An excerpt from Control of Canine Genetic Diseases by Dr. George A. Padgett, DVM)

The Downside of Inbreeding:  It’s Time for a New Approach – C. A. Sharp

Price of Popularity:  Popular Sires and Population Genetics – C. A. Sharp

Bad Genes, Babies and Bath Water – C. A. Sharp

Baking Bread:  The Red Hen Approach to Genetic Disease – C. A. Sharp

The Biggest Problem – C. A. Sharp

Breeding for the New Millennium – C. A. Sharp

Why Incest Isn’t Best – C. A. Sharp

The Ostrich Syndrome – C. A. Sharp

Playing COI:  Using Inbreeding Coefficients – C. A. Sharp

What Price Glory:  What Happens When Winning Is Everything – C. A. Sharp

In the Mode: How Traits Pass in Dogs, Lines, and Breeds – C. A. Sharp

Speaking Heresy:  A Dispassionate View of Cross-Breeding – C. A. Sharp

Can You See?  Inherited Eye Disease in Aussies – C. A. Sharp

Mythunderstanding DNA Tests – C. A. Sharp

CEA and I – C. A. Sharp

Sleeping Dragons:  Hereditary Disease and Breeder Ethics – C. A. Sharp

Genetics of Colors in the English Cocker Spaniel – Nina Skorus-Neeley

 

Finding the Genes that Determine Canine Behavior – United States Border Collie Club

Genes and Hips – United States Border Collie Club Newsletter, Summer 1994

Genetic Selection – United States Border Collie Club Newsletter, Fall 1994

Genetics and The Border Collie – United States Border Collie Club

The Genetics of Behavior – United States Border Collie Club Newsletter, Winter 1994

The Merle – United States Border Collie Club Newsletter, Winter 1995

Breeding Dogs for the Next Millennium – Dr. Hellmuth Wachtel

Genetic Testing: A Guide for Breeders - Mary Whiteley, Ph.D.

 

Aggression and Nervousness – Malcolm B. Willis

 

Harlequin Pattern and Color:  Why “Fawnikins” Are Here to Stay – J. P. Yousha

E-Z Coat Color Genetics for the Great Dane Breeder – J. P. Yousha

The Harlequin Family of Dogs:  Harls, Merles, Blacks, Whites & More – J. P. Yousha

Whites: Is It Worth the Risks? – J. P. Yousha

Drapp Farbung:  Lost Colour (or two) In The Great Dane? – J. P. Yousha

Mantledane Genetics: How To Get and Keep Boston-Patterned Dogs – J. P. Yousha

Phenotype is Not Genotype: Or Why The Irish Gene Is Not the Mantle Gene – J. P. Yousha

A Summary of Theories Concerning The Harlequin Variant in the Great Dane – J. P. Yousha

Standard Accepted Coat Color Genetics in Dogs (with an explanation of the alleles present in the Great Dane & Commentary on the Multiple Difficulties encountered when attempting to breed Harlequins) – J. P. Yousha

The Piebald Dane: Pintos, Parti-Colored, Check: The Colour-Headed or White-factored Dane (Der Plattenhund) – J. P. Yousha

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