Dog genome researchers track paw prints of selective breeding

Monday, January 18, 2010 - 22:14 in Biology & Nature

Researchers gave identified 155 regions on the dog genome that appear to have been influenced by selective breeding. Although dogs have been domesticated for 14,000 years, their spectacular diversity originated over the past several centuries through intense artificial selection.

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