Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.
The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...
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Most modern dogs have wolf DNA from relatively recent interbreeding. Here's which breeds are the most and least 'wolfish.'
The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...
Scientists find wolf DNA in most modern dog breeds, revealing widespread ancestry that shaped size, behavior and adaptation.
Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware – they probably have some wolf in them.
On average, terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry. While some large guardian dogs have high wolf ancestry, others including the Neapolitan mastiff, bullmastiff, and the St.
New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.
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11,000-year-old dog skulls rewrite domestication history
New analysis of 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became the animals that ...
High-wolf-content dogs, for instance, appear more suspicious of strangers and territorial, while low wolf-content dogs appear ...
A large genomic study of more than 2,700 canids reveals that most modern dogs retain low but measurable levels of wolf ...
U.S. scientists announced Monday that nearly two-thirds of all dog breeds carry detectable wolf DNA, indicating that ...
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