How Dog Breeds Became So Varied

WHY THERE ARE SO MANY VARIATIONS OF DOGS

THE GENETICS OF DOGS Some domestic dog breeds are characterized by an unrivaled diversity of morphologic traits and breed-associated behaviors resulting from human selective pressures.  To identify the genetic underpinnings of such traits,  we analyzed 722 canine whole genome sequences  (WGS),  documenting over 91 million single nucleotide and small indels,  creating a large catalog of […]

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