Hi All,

I was having a conversation with someone about merle to merle
breeding. You'll see their quote below.

After reading the quote below here was something about it that
didn't quite feel right. What am I missing here? Is what they are trying
to say is no matter what two merles you use the offspring will always be
homozygous? For some reason I thought there was an other possibility for a
heterozygous to be produced?

Is their definition of a homozygous merle correct as well?

*Quote* --Merle to merle breeding results in the offspring being
homozygous merles, homozygous merles usually have faded merling and lots of
white, and genetic defects such as deafness, vision problems and eye defects
from mild to severe.-- *End Quote*



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