Research conducted by geneticist Robert Wayne has shown that DNA of domesticated
dogs and wolves differs by only 1 %.
Press release from Uppsala University: Scientists at SciLifeLab Uppsala and the Broad Institute show, in a study published in Nature today, that the genome of
dogs and wolves differ in some important ways.
Not exact matches
The first comparison of the full genomes of
wolves and dogs has found 36 segments that clearly
differ.
The digestive tracts
and enzymes are different in cats
and dogs and the dietary habits of
wolves and wild cats also
differ.