Barking Up the Right Dog Genomes, Sniffing Out Domestication Genes

Studies of dog genomes needn’t devolve into shaggy dog stories, not if scientists look at the right genomes. Specifically, scientists should consider the advantages of analyzing the genomes of village dogs instead of breed dogs. According to scientists based at the University of Michigan, a comparison of village dog and wolf genomes may emphasize the genetic changes associated with humans’ first efforts to domesticate dogs, while deemphasizing the genetic changes associated with late