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Published online 3 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030602-4

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Mutt origins exposed

Genetic program IDs dogs.

Mutt owners may soon be able to hold up their dogs' pedigrees - be they part Labrador, part hound or a dash of Chihuahua. A technique to decipher crossbreed origins is well on its way, say scientists.

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