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Genetics: Pet project

Stymied in the search for genes underlying human neuropsychiatric diseases, some researchers are looking to dogs instead. David Cyranoski meets the geneticist's new best friend.

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David Cyranoski is Nature's Asia–Pacific correspondent.

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Cyranoski, D. Genetics: Pet project. Nature 466, 1036–1038 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/4661036a

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