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Out of southern East Asia: the natural history of domestic dogs across the world.
Cell research - 1 Jan 2016
Wang Guo-Dong, Zhai Weiwei, Yang He-Chuan, Wang Lu, Zhong Li, Liu Yan-Hu, Fan Ruo-Xi, Yin Ting-Ting, Zhu Chun-Ling, Poyarkov Andrei D, Irwin David M, Hytönen Marjo K, Lohi Hannes, Wu Chung-I, Savolainen Peter, Zhang Ya-Ping
Abstract excerpt
The origin and evolution of the domestic dog remains a controversial question for the scientific community, with basic aspects such as the place and date of origin, and the number of times dogs were domesticated, open to dispute. Using whole genome sequences from a total of 58 canids (12 gray wolves, 27 primitive dogs from Asia and Africa, and a collection of 19 diverse breeds from across the world), we find that...
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