Historical analysis of Newfoundland dog fur colour genetics

• Main Author: J. Bondeson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Tripoli University 2015
• Subjects: Fur colour genetics; Irish spotting; Landseer Newfoundland; MITF; Newfoundland dog; Zoology; QL1-991; White Head; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/9c42f54199504e879bb8050991483cdd

This article makes use of digitized historic newspapers to analyze Newfoundland dog fur colour genetics, and fur colour variations over time. The results indicate that contrary to the accepted view, the ‘Solid’ gene was introduced into the British population of Newfoundland dogs in the 1840s. Prior...