The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

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Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

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 ...

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...

High-wolf-content dogs, for instance, appear more suspicious of strangers and territorial, while low wolf-content dogs appear ...

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

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This story, “Boxed with a Bear,” first appeared in the April 1954 issue of Outdoor Life and was retold in Rearden’s book Alaska’s Wolf Man, a collection of Glaser’s adventures in Alaska in the first ...