Lilac Merle French Bulldog To get the beautiful lilac merle color you must inherit two copies of the black gene on the a locus + two copies of the dilute gene on the D-locus + two copies of the chocolate gene on the B-locus + one copy of the merle gene.
What is a lilac merle Bulldog?
Overview: Lilac Bulldogs start out black, then diluted not once, but twice, by the Chocolate Gene, then the blue gene. The [bb] dilutes black to brown, and the [dd] dilutes the black to blue. Try mixing blue & brown paint, you will get some shade of purple or lilac.
How do you get a merle colored dog?
Merle is actually a heterozygote of an incompletely dominant gene. If two such dogs are mated, on the average one quarter of the puppies will be "double merles", which is the common term for dogs homozygous for merle, and a high percentage of these double merle puppies could have eye defects and/or be deaf.
What DNA makes a lilac Frenchie?
Lilac French Bulldog It is produced by the combination of a Chocolate carrier and a Blue Carrier (Dilute).
How do you get the merle gene?
Merle is a coat pattern found in Australian Shepherds, Collies, Shelties, and a number of other dog breeds. This particular phenotype is inherited as an autosomal, incompletely dominant trait. The merle gene creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes, and affects skin pigment.
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