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Published online 3 October 2007 | Nature 449, 514 (2007) | doi:10.1038/449514b
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Dogs help sniff out genes
Researchers unleash power of canine genome.
Man's best friend is becoming the geneticist's too. Researchers have made good on the dog genome's promise: a quick-and-dirty way to find the genes responsible for physical traits using just a couple of dozen pooches and a gene chip.
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Dogs were not tamed from wolves. The dog is the domesticated descendant of the wolf canis lupus. Domestication is a process that requires selective breeding/selection for traits and takes many generations. Taming is a process of habituating a, e.g. wild animal to being handled by humans, which takes place only within this one animal, it is not passed on for generations. For more infos on wolves please visit www.wolfpark.org Dr. Nicola Rubenstein, Basel, Switzerland