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![There’s really no excuse for someone who has earned a PhD to be offended at the concept of defending their theses and being held to a standard of evidenced based […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piled_higher_deeper.png?resize=115%2C115 "Piled Higher and Deeper")
Piled Higher and Deeper
Posted on September 28, 2013 | 20 CommentsThere’s really no excuse for someone who has earned a PhD to be offended at the concept of defending their theses and being held to a standard of evidenced based […] -
![In Without a Tail to Sit On I laid out the current body of evidence regarding deleterious health effects of the Bobtail gene and in the Like a Bobtail Without […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/NBT_boxer_cattanach.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "A Long Tail Cut Short")
A Long Tail Cut Short
Posted on December 17, 2011 | 17 CommentsIn Without a Tail to Sit On I laid out the current body of evidence regarding deleterious health effects of the Bobtail gene and in the Like a Bobtail Without […] -
![I am somewhat amazed at the positive responses to this [Toller x Aussie] cross. I have had 20 years of vitriol against my Corgi x Boxer cross for every reason […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/homozygous_nbt_bobtail_puppy.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Without a Tail to Sit On")
Without a Tail to Sit On
Posted on November 17, 2011 | 48 CommentsI am somewhat amazed at the positive responses to this [Toller x Aussie] cross. I have had 20 years of vitriol against my Corgi x Boxer cross for every reason […] -
![The Australian Shepherd is a breed that has been constructed to maximize two different lethal semi-dominant traits: Merle and Bobtail. Without the careful hand of breeders to prevent Merle x […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blue_merle_tri_aussie_shepherd.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "The Unfortunate Case of the Wild Australian Shepherd")
The Unfortunate Case of the Wild Australian Shepherd
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 93 CommentsThe Australian Shepherd is a breed that has been constructed to maximize two different lethal semi-dominant traits: Merle and Bobtail. Without the careful hand of breeders to prevent Merle x […] -
![Semi-dominant alleles are those that are less potent in heterozygous form (one copy) than they are in homozygous form (two copies), but which are potent enough to show a difference […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lost_tail_bobtail_corgi.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Lethal Semi-Dominant: Bobtail")
Lethal Semi-Dominant: Bobtail
Posted on March 21, 2011 | 26 CommentsSemi-dominant alleles are those that are less potent in heterozygous form (one copy) than they are in homozygous form (two copies), but which are potent enough to show a difference […]
