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Can We Teach an Old Dog New Genes? A Critical Appraisal of Wang et al. (2026)'s Whole Genome Analysis of Breed-Specific Copy Number Variations in Dogs

2026-07-25

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Dogs may come in hundreds of breeds, but their genomes are just as skilled at rewriting the same genetic instruction manual in remarkably different ways (Szczerbal & Switonski, 2021). Much of what distinguishes a Chihuahua from a Great Dane, or a Border Collie from a Bulldog, lies not only in small genetic changes but also in larger structural differences that have long remained overlooked (Wang et al., 2026). Ind...

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Literature Corpus work: ca32b86c-e2fb-5246-b8a0-3cdba374bedb
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21545970

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