Wolf-Dog Mating Led to Darker Wolves

Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 18:14 in Biology & Nature

A sprinkling of dog genes thousands of years ago may have afforded North American gray wolves a selective advantage by giving some of them darker coats, a new study says.

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