Sentences with phrase «diverged from wolves»
Scientists believe that they are one of the breeds that is the least genetically diverged from wolves.
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They were looking for parts of the genome that have been shaped by selection since dogs diverged from wolves.
Earlier genome - based estimates have suggested that the ancestors of modern - day dogs diverged from wolves no more than 16,000 years ago, after the last Ice Age.
The timeframe during which the domestic dogs is believed to have diverged from the wolf can be roughly anywhere between 14,000 to 30,000 years ago or much more.
Not exact matches
Recent genetic studies, however, have shown that dogs descend from an extinct genus that diverged from modern - day grey wolves about 40,000 years ago.