Genetic Link Brings Man and Dog Closer

Western MailAugust 24, 2005

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Sally Williams, owner of Lilly, a Jack Russell cross, puts her canine knowledge to the test IF your dog's soulful eyes or sneaky behaviour seem almost humanlike at times, there's good reason - you share about 650 million base pairs, or rungs, on the DNA ladder.

A rough sketch of the genetic map for man's best friend reveals that dogs have more genetically in common with humans than mice do. And that's despite the fact that canines split from a common ancestor on the evolutionary tree about 10 million years before humans and mice did.

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Genetic Link Brings Man and Dog Closer

So we should be able to get on a dog's wavelength, shouldn't we?

Well, it's not a...

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