Fig. 5.

Inheritance of Merle oligo(dT) lengths. Fragment analysis chromatograms and photographs are shown for a predominantly solid dam (a) and her harlequin merle progeny (b and c). Amplicon size in base pairs is shown on the x-axis, and the y-axis measures signal intensity (RFU). Genotypes are given for each dog above their chromatogram with M denoting the inherited Merle allele, m representing their non-pictured, wild-type allele, and (M) signifying somatic contractions of the inherited Merle allele