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Do dogs display behavioral traits central to Williams-Beuren Syndrome? Transposons, behavior & training success in assistance dogs

2023-06-30

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Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder in humans caused by a hemizygous deletion of 28–30 genes and characterized by hypersociability and cognitive deficits. In canines, the homologous chromosomal region shows a strong signature of selection in domestic dogs relative to gray wolves, and four structural variants derived from transposons have been associated with social behavior. To explore...

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-2902414/v1
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