DNA TESTING
	For information on having your Coolie DNA parentage tested, DNA profiled, or tested for the merle gene, please contact us!
				If you have a German Coolie, and would like your dog to be one of many that are representing the German Coolie as a breed in the United States, Canada and Australia, and would like to participate in the Canine Heritage Project contact the International German Coolie Society & Registry (IGCS&R).   As soon as we have a list, along with the number of test kits needed, we will ship them to you.  You then take a simple cheek swab of your Coolie, using a buccal brush, and mail the swab directly to the laboratory that will be conducting the testing.  We'd like to have all test kits out and mailed back to the Genetics Lab by at least January 2, 2008.     All DNA profiling tests, along with the test kits, are free for German Coolie owners.
					The Canine Genetic Heritage Project Preserving the genetic past for future generations A complete DNA sequence of the dog is now available to academic researchers throughout the world. This resource, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health at a cost of over $30 Million, renders obsolete all preceding genetic maps of the dog, and creates an entirely new opportunity to tie genes to diseases and traits. To fully leverage this emerging resource ,the Genetics Research Laboratory is calling for cheek swab samples from distinct populations of dogs with the express purpose of assembling a comprehensive genetic repository that represents all of 'dogdom'. While the current DNA bank adequately reflects the genetic legacy of more than 100 recognized breeds, an additional 400 international canine populations remain unrepresented.  The German Coolie is one of those canine populations that remain unrepresented.