Jiff the collie represents “shaded yellow,” one of five coat color patterns in domestic dogs identified by Danika Bannasch at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and collaborators in the U.S.
New research identifies five genetic phenotypes of dog coats, one of which can be traced back over 2 million years. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes A recent genetic analysis of dog coloration ...
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The blonde coats seen on dogs like golden retrievers originated in an extinct canid that split off from grey wolves more than two million years ago, a study has found. It had long been assumed that ...
Wiry, smooth, curly or straight - the genetic reason for the array of coats of different dog breeds is surprisingly simple, say scientists. Just three genes account for the coat types that make canine ...
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Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, but variations in color patterns provide some of their most distinctive characteristics. A newly released study sheds light on a subset of these patterns, ...