New Breakthrough in Dog Genetics

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Barbara Bradley Petura of WorkingDogWeb.com writes,"When reading about the new research published in May 2004 on the 'genetic fingerprints' of 85 popular purebred dogs, I decided to update the material that I posted on Sibernet-L on April 5, 2004, responding to a question about whether Siberian Huskies are 'closer to wolves' than any other breed of dog. The article below is important to breeders and fanciers of all 14 breeds listed as 'ancient,' given the worldwide publicity this new study is receiving."

An important breakthrough in understanding purebred dogs occurred this month with researchers announcing that what are essentially “genetic fingerprints” for 85 pure breeds of dogs have been determined with a high level of accuracy, thus establishing pure breeds of dogs as “distinct genetic units.”

The research, supported in part by the AKC Canine Health Foundation, was done by analyzing various distinctive elements of the nuclear DNA of the dog genome. Read more...