How Much Is That in Dog Years? The Advent of Canine Population Genomics

2014/01/16 by Greger Larson, Daniel G. Bradley · 4 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · Social Sciences · #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Rabies epidemiology and control #Geographies of human-animal interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004093

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Abstract

ABSTRACT\nThe authors comment on two studies that analyzed multiple genomes of dogs and wolves. The studies reached different conclusions about the date and population effects, a disparity attributed to reliance on molecular evolutionary rates that differ by an order of magnitude. The results of the first study are said to indicate a more complex pattern of amylase copy number variation in dogs and wolves reflecting humans' relationship with dogs, but may not have resulted during early domestication

Citations

• Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography
• Genetic Evidence for an East Asian Origin of Domestic Dogs
• Genome Sequencing Highlights the Dynamic Early History of Dogs

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