Sentences with phrase «what dog genes»

Not exact matches

For what I experienced was neither pride in my genes nor glory in my dog - handling (she had, after all, disobeyed by running and swimming away), but sheer exultation in the joy of being alive, in the thrill of water, and in affection for waggy dogs» tails.

What is more, the distribution among these groups was similar across all regions, which suggests «a common origin from a single gene pool for all dog populations,» the authors write.

In this case, as in a recent case of gene borrowing between weeds (ScienceNOW, 13 November 2008), «humans were indirect agents in promoting these events,» says Enrico Coen, a geneticist at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, U.K. Geneticist Sheila Schmutz of the University of Saskatchewan in Canada wonders what else the dogs might have contributed to wolves, say, to metabolism or immune system function.

This research is to develop what they have found, i.e. the ABCA12 gene, a gene important in dogs which develop CT..

Seeing as genotype (the gene combination responsible for the colour) is often unknown, choices are generally made from phenotype (what the dog looks like) at the time of registration.

Researching the various breeds involved in the particular dog you choose may help you to identify the mixes, but it will not tell you what genes are dominant or recessive due to the mixture.

In an attempt to genetically modify dogs into what we want them to look like or behave, humans have inadvertently concentrated recessive, cancer - causing genes in certain breeds.

Since there are so many genes involved in polygenic traits such as HD, some few dogs with what we call a normal genotype (very few defective genes as evidenced by progeny results, for example) can be «forced» into dysplastic phenotypes if they are overfed and mineral - supplemented during their fast growth period.

Designer dogs do not have a known «pure» gene pool, so for generations what will surface in the offspring is unknown.

This is a pretty inexact science when you consider that a dog has approximately 20,000 genes and less than 1 % of those determine what they look like.

The American company VetGen even offers what it calls a «Coat Color Prediction Service, so you can reveal your dog's hidden color genes and then optimise your ability to breed the colors you want».

Inheriting the genes for his breed is what makes a dog purebred.

What if your male dog passed along genes for a health problem?

It's a bit late for genetic screening, and, in any case, what else can you do — t weak the dog's genes?

Other as yet unidentified genes, environmental effects, or regulatory DNA play a role in determining exactly what defects a dog will have.

All of them will tell you what variants of a specific gene a dog has.

Once you analyze and know what your dog's genes are — through observation, pedigree analysis, DNA testing — you can start searching for a suitable mate.

With polygenic traits, multiple genes contribute to the dog's phenotype (what is observed in the dog.)

The color of the mask will depend on what other color genes the dog has.

They are more useful for a breeder than other types of screening tests because they reveal the dog's genotype: You know exactly what gene forms the dog can pass along.

Depending on your dog's actual HD genotype, he still might produce it depending on what genes the bitch had.

So, if you want a small dog but don't like dogs that are yappy or hyper, you may not be able to find what you are looking for, at least in those breeds whose smallness stems from that particular gene.

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.

This book packs the latest research about what we and our dogs eat affects gene expression and links this knowledge to practical things we can do to help our dogs live longer and healthier lives.

Once a causative gene is identified, its normal function may indicate what the precise triggers for BCC episodes might be, but at this point only dogs who have a history of strenuous exercise prior to collapse are considered to have probable BCC.

Mixed breeds are not just the Heinz 57 of dog breeds; they are also a mixed bag of genes, meaning it is impossible to predict what illnesses may await them until they happen.

The focus in genetic disease control must be on today's breeding dogs, and what we can do to control the spread of defective genes and to produce quality, healthy dogs.

This latter expression gene is what causes most Boerboels to be basically tan dogs.