Canine morphology: Hunting for genes and tracking mutations

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 13:29 in Biology & Nature

Why do domestic dogs vary so much in size, shape, coat texture, color and patterning? Study of the dog genome has reached a point where the molecular mechanisms governing such variation across mammalian species are becoming understood.

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