Inheritance of short coat and long coat in St. Bernard dogs.
A popular belief among dog breeders is that long coat and short coat in certain dog breeds is controlled by a single pair of autosomal alleles, short coat being dominant to long coat. Data are presented for 221 litters and 1216 pups of the St. Bernard breed that support and verify this belief.
D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006197:Hair; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors