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Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

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New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

A large genomic study of more than 2,700 canids reveals that most modern dogs retain low but measurable levels of wolf ...

This research found that Czechoslovakian and Saarloos wolfdogs have the most detectable wolf DNA (up to 40%). The great Anglo ...

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