Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.
When scientists compared the DNA of thousands of dogs and wolves, they found the two species were not as separate as once ...
Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...
The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...
Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.
The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...
Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...
U.S. scientists analyzed the DNA of numerous modern-day dog breeds, and found that two-thirds of pet dogs have traceable wolf ...
New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.
A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ...
The past three decades or so have produced a remarkable number of articles attempting to solve the mysteries surrounding the origins and nature of dogs, that polyglot horde of canines who share the ...