Dog Biology, Genetics, & Evolution

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  Study: Pet ownership linked to higher risk of IBS

  local12.com - Liz Bonis, WKRC

  CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new study on pets found a link with our furry friends and a common health problem. This study found a connection between owning …

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  Hereditary diseases are the price of protection against infections

  phys.org - Max Planck Society

  Almost half our genes can be the starting point for diseases. Scientists have identified 11,000 genes that occur in the human genome in variants that …

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  Heartbeats Of Dogs And Their Owners Sync-Up When They're Reunited

  iflscience.com - Tom Hale

  Every dog lover knows the bond between humans and their canine counterparts run deep. According to a recent study, that connection could be so close …

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  Phylogenomic evidence for ancient hybridization in the genomes of living cats (Felidae) Gang Li1, • Brian Davis1, • Eduardo Eizirik2 and • William Murphy1,3 1 …

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  Dog domestication saddled man's best friend with defective genes, study says

  Los Angeles Times - Karen Kaplan

  Dogs may be man’s best friend, but the humans who created them through generations of breeding have saddled them with an excess of detrimental DNA, according to a new study. For instance, the people who bred poodles to have black coats left many of these dogs with extra copies of a gene called …