The Canine Diversity Project

A. Genetics for Breeders		THE BASICS
		DIVERSITY LOST
by Dr. John Armstrong		DIVERSITY FOUND

1. Basic Concepts
2. Breeding Schemes
3. Significant Relationships   [Determining how closely related two dogs are.]
4. Population Genetics and Breeding
5. The Nature of Genetic Disease
6. Eliminating Mutation: the impossible dream
7. Diversity and the Purebred Dog   [aka "The Poodle and the Chocolate Cake"]
8. Inbreeding and Diversity
9. Glossary of Genetic Terms

by Dr. Leos Kral

Importance of Complete Pedigrees
Penetrance and Expressivity
Phenotypic vs Genotypic Heterogeneity
Multiple Gene Traits

by C.A. Sharp

The Price of Popularity: Popular sires and population genetics.
The Downside of Inbreeding: Itās Time For a New Approach.

by Dr. Catherine Marley

Breeding - Dogs or Pedigrees? More on assortative mating.

 

B. Closed registries and the loss of diversity		THE BASICS
		DIVERSITY LOST
by J. Jeffrey Bragg		DIVERSITY FOUND

Purebred Dog Breeds into the Twenty-First Century -- Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs. The consequences of limited genetic diversity and closed registries, with specific reference to the Siberian Husky. [116 kb]
 
The Genetic Tide: Will it leave us high and dry? (from Dogs in Canada)
 
The Genetic Tide Continues to Swell: Will DNA marker research stop the flood?
 
[Visit Jeffrey Bragg's Web Site]

by Dr. John Armstrong

The Influence of Wycliffe on the Black Standard Poodle. How one kennel came to dominate a whole breed.

by Dr. Hellmuth Wachtel

Breeding Dogs for the Next Millennium

 

		THE BASICS
C. Expanding the gene pool		DIVERSITY LOST
		DIVERSITY FOUND

The Backcross Project, by Joanne Nash, discusses the attempt to eliminate a metabolic deficiency from the Dalmatian by cross-breeding to a Pointer.

The Basenji African Stock Project describes the importation of native dogs from their home in Africa.

The Mixed Breed Dog - a look at the pros and cons.

Inbreeding, Linebreeding and Crossbreeding in Dogs, by Kate Schoeffel, DVM.

Genetics and The Border Collie. Basic genetic principles and a commentary on the creation of a breed.

Genetic Selection. The effects of intentional and unintentional selection for and against specific traits.

Inbreeding and Linebreeding, by Dr. Sue Ann Bowling

Download a copy of the Dutch Kennel Club's proposed breeding policies aimed at reducing contimued gene loss (pdf format; 168 kb).
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