Sentences with phrase «genetic differences between breeds»

Also, there are virtually no genetic differences between breeds.

Understanding what happened to the genes of the dog as it evolved, and the genetic differences between the breeds, will provide information that may enable intervention in some of the breed - specific health problems that continue to affect the welfare of many dogs.

Not exact matches

They used sequences of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA and «microsatellite genotypes,» or DNA profiles, to both describe the genetic differences and outline migratory connections between both breeding and feeding grounds.

Genetic differences between early - and late - breeding Eurasian kestrels.

No differences in expression of 13 genetic disorders were detected between purebred dogs and mixed - breed dogs (ie, hip dysplasia, hypo - and hyperadrenocorticism, cancers, lens luxation, and patellar luxation).

If you have heard otherwise consider this - is there a difference between mixed breeds and purebreds in the rate the dogs are tested or checked for genetic disease?

Purebred dogs are often predisposed to certain genetic and hereditary diseases and this has become evident with the stark difference in appearance between dogs of the same breeds a hundred years ago as compared to today.

Some breeders blame disreputable or backyard «commercial» breeders for the unhealthy dogs that are being sold.19, 20 However, genetic differences were not observed between pet English bulldogs seen at the UC Davis Veterinary Clinical Services and presumably healthy breeding dogs being genetically tested for certain traits.

As for the genetic signatures of domesticity, Larson chalks up the differences between dogs and cats to the intense breeding of dogs that has happened in the past 150 years, not to any fundamental differences in domestication.