Text Sources

(following the links will provide a number of interesting photos in addition to the original texts): 

Dr. Leigh Anne Clark (USA), Jacquelyn Evans & Dr. Allison Starr-Moss, written by Kathy V. Moll with the permission from the Collie Club of America Bulletin, Newsletter Collie Healthfoundation Summer 2014, page 12

http://www.colliehealth.org/Summer_2014_Newsletter.pdf

Collie Health Foundation - Vartiationin Collie Colors - Collie Kaleidoscope:

https://www.colliehealth.org/variations-collie-color/

Southwest Collie Rescue - Remembering "Hershey" with Gray Collie Syndrom:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjAnOXOsKqDAxWLSfEDHcXtDvQQFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.wsimg.com%2Fblobby%2Fgo%2F0426f92b-bf24-4b6e-a889-e0f7c606f210%2Fdownloads%2FSpring%2520_19%2520SWCR%2520newsletter_page1.pdf%3Fver%3D1596671602767&usg=AOvVaw07DK0BZ56uUj2cirwKURCQ&opi=89978449

collie-online, by Patrick Martin and a quote of Dr. Leigh Anne Clark:

http://collie-online.com/quotidien/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1620&f=5 

Leigh Anne Clark et al (2006):

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16407134/

Mary Langevin et al (2018):

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198536

Mary Langevin et al (2022):

https://merle-sine-insertion-from-mc-mh.webnode.page/

https://merle-sine-insertion-from-mc-mh.webnode.page/storyofmerle/

https://merle-sine-insertion-from-mc-mh.webnode.page/the-first-merle-dog/

Labogen Special Edition Merle (2022):

https://shop.labogen.com/sonderausgabe-merle

Diploma thesis by Olivia Schatz - Schwab & Haas 2018 Uni Graz:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi437vx2qODAxV39bsIHfBcAtcQFnoECBQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.medunigraz.at%2Fmug_online%2Fwbabs.getDocument%3FpThesisNr%3D54377%26pAutorNr%3D82444%26pOrgNR%3D1&usg=AOvVaw3ZZlDW7-Wfh359vtWbLl3K&opi=89978449 –

Webinar Merle with Verena Priller from the Düsseldorfer Dog Academie 2023

Further Information of Merle can be found here; please note that not all laboratories are approved for our club:

https://mockingjay-shelties.de/aktuelle-forschung-zum-m-locus-merle/

https://mockingjay-shelties.de/merle-ist-nicht-gleich-merle/

https://kalalassies.de/merle/

https://www.sheltie-nixen.de/weitere-informationen/neueste-erkenntnisse-der-merle-genetik/