Border Collie Merle Gene

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Border collie merle gene. Just imagine a black pool of paint added with another drop of color say white. He belongs to Dawn Sandberg from Rockford Illinois. Merle is governed by a SINE insertion in the PMEL17 or Silver SILV gene.
A Merle dog can be either homozygous with genotype MM or heterozygous with a genotype Mm. Harlequin can only be displayed if there is a merle gene present. Reply to this topic.
When a dog has large amounts of white around its eyes. Dogs with an MC1R ee genotype do not produce black pigment and thus do not express merle but can produce merle offspring depending on the genotype of the mate. Blue merle is actually one of the rarest Border Collie coat colors.
13032021 Blue Merle is more of its coat color or actually a pattern. Its a pattern caused by a mutation on a gene ie. M - M is merle.
It is said to be the rarest color found in border collies. Matisse belongs to Paula Wright of Haverhill Suffolk England. As a side effect of the merle gene M-.
I just want to know if any of you think he is a lilac merle or another color merle. The dog will have an almost seal-like dilute affected coat with few spots. It has the same incredible work ethic intelligence and energy as any other colored Border Collie.