On average, terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry. While some large guardian dogs have high wolf ancestry, others including the Neapolitan mastiff, bullmastiff, and the St.
Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.
Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...
Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware – they probably have some wolf in them.
New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.
Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.
Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware -- they probably have some wolf in them.
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Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent interbreeding. Here's which breeds are the most and least 'wolfish.'
Most modern dog breeds have small amounts of wolf ancestry from long after dogs were domesticated, according to a new study.
Residents worried about safety say it’s time to drop the wolf’s protected status after several close encounters this month ...
New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.
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