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New DNA research shows that two-thirds of today's domesticated dogs, from hounds to shepherds to chihuahuas, have wolf DNA in ...

A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...

The two subspecies split about 20,000 years ago. But since then, they may have interbred more often than Smithsonian ...

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 ...

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

A new study from two Museums of Natural History uncovered that two-thirds of dog breeds have detectable wolf DNA, from chihuahuas to Arctic sled dogs.

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

U.S. scientists analyzed the DNA of numerous modern-day dog breeds, and found that two-thirds of pet dogs have traceable wolf ...