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Fig. 3 | Mobile DNA

Fig. 3

From: Length variations within the Merle retrotransposon of canine PMEL: correlating genotype with phenotype

Fig. 3

Somatic contractions of the oligo(dT) reflect the proportion of full pigmentation in merle coats. Photographs and chromatograms depicting fragment analysis data from blood and buccal cells are given for two standard (a and b) and two predominantly solid merle dogs (c and d). Amplicon size in base pairs is shown on the x-axis, and the y-axis measures signal intensity (RFU). In these four dogs, the amplicon with the longest oligo(dT) represents the inherited allele, while smaller amplicons stem from somatic contractions. Genotypes are listed above each chromatogram, with M representing the inherited Merle allele, m indicating the wild-type allele (not pictured), and (M) denoting the contracted Merle amplicons

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