"Gene for ‘toy’ dog breeds found in ancient wolves" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Apr 2022 10:24 p.m. PST |
"When humans began intensively breeding dogs in 19th century Great Britain, they created a cornucopia of canines seemingly out of whole cloth: hulking bullmastiffs, graceful golden retrievers, and pint-size Yorkshire terriers. But the real key to their success, a new study reveals, was taking advantage of two tiny but powerful genetic ratchets that have controlled the size of canines for ages—including one gene variant that nearly vanished in wolves around the end of the last ice age…."
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