Predicted Probability of Hearing Status For a Puppy Based On Eye Color,
Parental Hearing Status and Being Born Without a Color Patch.
Offspring of Mating a Normal Dog to a Normal Dog
Hearing

Eye Color Status of Puppy

Of Puppy: Pigment/Pigment Pigment/Blue Blue/Blue
Normal 74% 42% 43%
Unilateral Deaf 21% 38% 38%
Bilateral Deaf 5% 20% 19%
Offspring of Mating a Normal Dog to a Unilateral Deaf Dog
Hearing Eye Color Status of Puppy
Of Puppy: Pigment/Pigment Pigment/Blue Blue/Blue
Normal 68% 34% 36%
Unilateral Deaf 26% 40% 39%
Bilateral Deaf 6% 26% 25%
Offspring of Mating a Unilateral Deaf Dog to a Unilateral Deaf Dog
Hearing Eye Color Status of Puppy
Of Puppy: Pigment/Pigment Pigment/Blue Blue/Blue
Normal 32% 9% 10%
Unilateral Deaf 40% 30% 30%
Bilateral Deaf 38% 61% 60%

 

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