Sentences with phrase «juvenile traits»

Not only these dogs live long, they retain juvenile traits for most of their lifetime.
Turning a wolf into a dog involved a number of changes, both morphological and behavioral, many of which are linked to a phenomenon common in domesticated animals known as paedomorphosis — or the retention of juvenile traits in the adult form.
It would also explain why so many domesticated animals exhibit «neoteny»: They retain juvenile traits as adults.
Dogs were originally bred for juvenile traits.
Barking is a juvenile trait in wolves, our dogs» ancestors, and the earliest breeders probably considered it to be a desirable trait.
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