To: All Lhasa Apso Breeders
From:
DNA Solutions LLC,
11014
Schuylkill Rd.,
Rockville,
MD, 20852
301-881-2235
We
wish to thank you for your support in our efforts to uncover a mutation
responsible
for renal dysplasia in your breed. This includes the parent club,
the
American Lhasa Apso Club, as well as the Lhasa Apso Club of Central Colorado.
We
are pleased to announce that we have discovered a mutation in our
candidate
gene that could account for this disease. To this end, we are persuing a
screening
test and pedigree study to confirm our findings. In principal, the
identified
mutation should affect the biological function of the gene in
question.
We still have a lot of work to do to confirm that this mutation is the
cause
of renal dyplasia in your breed. We have DNA sequenced the entire gene
from
an affected Lhasa, as well as another breed not known to have RD.
All
interested participants, and other breeds afflicted with juvenile RD
should
contact us at info@DNASolutions.biz, or 301-881-2235 or 301-770-3586.
Again,
this is a very exciting first step in solving this problem in Lhasa's
and
other breeds.
Thank
you so much,
Mary
H. Whiteley, Ph.D.,
President,
DNASolutions LLC