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Canine Health & Genetics Archive
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The Deaf Mute Blind and Lame Sheltie
Posted on November 6, 2011 | 11 CommentsThe blog got a nice shout out in the comments of a recent post at Pharyngula: “Written by a border collie owner who is interested in and actually understands a […] -
The Burden of Blindness
Posted on October 22, 2011 | 35 CommentsThere are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just […] -
Academic Fraud in Toller Research
Posted on October 15, 2011 | 55 CommentsThe 2011 study A Genealogical Survey of Australian Registered Dog Breeds is a shoddy piece of work and a disgrace to the scientific method. The world-wide population of Cavalier King Charles […] -
COI: How Many Generations are Enough?
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 23 CommentsIn her published paper, A Genealogical Survey of Australian Registered Dog Breeds, Claire Wade would have you believe that looking at 4.1 generations of Toller data is enough to get […] -
Pedigree Collapse
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 13 CommentsIt’s common to visualize one’s ancestry as a pyramid with the current individual at the apex descending back across time and generations in an expanding wedge. Every generation has twice the number of […]