The company has apparently targeted
what dog genes are impacted by aging and determined that by age 7, nearly all dog's biology changes.
Studying a specific type of genetic variation in the DNA sequences of wolves and domestic dogs - called Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)- the scientists identified the transfer
of dog gene variants into wolf genomes.
«The interesting thing is that when we looked the
same dog genes in human breast cancer, epigenetic aberrations occur in the same regions of DNA.
Ostrander says that by identifying
other dog genes for body size and for traits such as leg length and head shape, researchers may learn more about growth and its disorders — especially cancer — in humans and their best friends.
Mi - Sook Min of Seoul National University in South Korea and colleagues have now examined
raccoon dog genes to figure out how their populations have changed.
I love this post, I see a lot of theses dogs, the dog loves the owner, is able to be handled by people, because the pit fighters need the dogs to be managed by people, but they have the
kill dog gene.
Being bred to canines rather than to their own kind has resulted in a «watering down» of the New Guinea
Singing Dog gene pool to some extent.
Before her test I assumed she was a GSD / Lab mix, but it was cool to know instead of Lab she's got Pit, Rottweiler, & Bernese
Mountain Dog genes.
Researchers sequencing the canine genome have identified around 19,000
dog genes compared to the 25,000 or more genes in the human genome.
Then, where being dark may have been an advantage, individuals carrying
the dog gene proliferated.
Dog Genes: A Seminar — A day - long presentation covering all aspects of canine genetics.