WHY WOLVES ARE FOREVER WILD, BUT DOGS CAN BE TAMED
July 15, 2013 by admin
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According to Kathryn Lord from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2013, January 17): “Dogs and wolves are genetically so similar, it’s been difficult for biologists to understand why wolves remain fiercely wild, while dogs can gladly become “man’s best friend.” Now, doctoral research by evolutionary biologist Kathryn Lord at the University of Massachusetts […]
DOG GENETICS CAUSE RESEARCHERS TO DISAGREE OVER CANINE DOMESTICATION
June 20, 2013 by admin
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GENETICS SPUR SCIENTIFIC SPAT Researchers disagree over canine domestication The following article taken from ‘Nature'(Vol: 498, 282-283. 20.6.13) describes the controversy between researchers over when and where dogs were domesticated: “Scientists investigating the transformation of wolves into dogs are behaving a bit like the animals they study, as disputes roil among those using genetics to understand […]