By now today’s breeders have heard about genetic testing, and DNA, but what is really involved in finding a mutation, and what do the results of the test mean? What is a gene? DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a large molecule comprised of four basic units linked together in a long strand. If we assign each …
Perhaps no term is more misunderstood by dog fanciers when talking about inherited characteristics and environmental effects than the concept of heritability. It is necessary for you to take a little time and effort to get this idea fixed in your mind before applying it to practical breeding programs. I will try to give the …
Introduction Most of you are undoubtedly aware that color and certain diseases such as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) are inherited — that is, passed down from one or both the parents. However, you may wonder how a trait that does not appear in the dam’s pedigree can suddenly turn up …
Revised 2012. A contributor to an e-mail discussion group back in 2003 reproduced a public-relations flyer from OFA without realizing that many of its statements were old, repeated ones that long ago became inaccurate and misleading by their lack of currency. I only have space here to comment on a few of these. In italics …
Continued from Page 2 A Canine Revolution? The foregoing prescriptions may sound like a canine revolution. If so, the revolution would consist mainly of integrating many facets of the fancy which now exist in ghetto isolation, or of importing good ideas from other parts of the cynological world. In Europe, for example, many breed …
“Nature prevails enormously over nurture” …English scientist Francis Galton in the late 19th Century. Natural Selection & Survival of the Fittest Hip dysplasia is not common in wild animals because of the continuous processes of natural selection and survival of the fittest. In an environment where society removes or …
Introduction This paper is the first product of an effort I have undertaken that was prompted by the discovery that our five month old Scottish Terrier suffered from Type III von Willebrand’s Disease (vWD). The existence of this genetic bleeding disorder was unknown to us until he suffered a near fatal …
1949 – 1989 1949 Sieger: Roland vom Teglerforst SchH.3 SZ 598810 Nando vom Teglerforst SZ 515181 Arnia von Lohrheim SZ 553844 10-12-44 grM 1949 Siegerin: Bora aus der Wirkerstadt SchH.2 SZ 580885 Cuno vom Wickrather Schloss SZ 543047 Gustel vom Meisterrecht SZ 539379 04-09-43 sgA 1950 Sieger: Utz vom Haus Hiller SchH.3 SZ 638869 Claus …