Dogs are inbred for such desirable characteristics as blue eye color; but an unfortunate by-product of such inbreeding can be the emergence of characteristics such as deafness. A 1992 study of Dalmatians (by Strain and others, as reported in The Dalmatians Dilemma) found the following:

a. 31% of all Dalmatians have blue eyes.

b. 38% of all Dalmatians are deaf.

c. 42% of blue-eyed Dalmatians are deaf.

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4 February, 05:52

Dogs are inbred for such desirable characteristics as blue eye color; but an unfortunate by-product of such inbreeding can be the emergence of characteristics such as deafness. A 1992 study of Dalmatians (by Strain and others, as reported in The Dalmatians Dilemma) found the following:

a. 31% of all Dalmatians have blue eyes.

b. 38% of all Dalmatians are deaf.

c. 42% of blue-eyed Dalmatians are deaf.

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Dogs are inbred for such desirable characteristics as blue eye color; but an unfortunate by-product of such inbreeding can be the emergence of characteristics such as deafness. A 1992 study of Dalmatians (by Strain and others, as reported in The Dalmatians Dilemma) found the following:

38% of all Dalmatians are deaf.

Explanation:

Since the desirable characteristics in the dogs is blue eye color but the unfortunate by product leads to deafness