The first detailed genetic comparison of
purebred domestic dogs promises to rewrite the textbooks with new information about breed classification and insights that may improve canine health by boosting understanding of the more than 350 inherited disorders, including cancer, heart disease, epilepsy, blindness and deafness, which affect dogs.
The first detailed genetic comparison of
purebred domestic dogs promises to rewrite the textbooks.
Genetic Structure of
the Purebred Domestic Dog (PDF)-- An analysis of the genetic structure of the domestic dog.
Not exact matches
From the start, though, the use of
dogs for violent laboratory experiments disturbed a bourgeois sensibility that associated them — or at least the
purebreds — with family and the comforts of
domestic life.
The question we want to ask is whether the levels of inbreeding that are typical of
purebred dogs are similar to those of other
domestic animals.
Purebred dogs are under assault from extreme animal rightists who would like to see all
domestic animal populations managed to extinction.