L – Locus (hair length)

Application.: - Identification of carriers for long hair in short-haired dogs. - Proof of long-hair predisposition in cases of unclear phenotype. Long hair is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion, meaning that two copies (status L/L) of the long hair variant are required to produce long hair. Dogs with one copy (K/L) or no copies (K/K) will have short hair. more

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