It's in their genes: dogs originated in central Asia

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3044, 2015, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Adam Boyko of Cornell University in Ithaca NY, and his team broke new ground by analyzing DNA from so-called village dogs, which have lived alongside humans worldwide since dogs were first domesticated some 15,000 years ago. They are very different from pure-bred dogs genetically because they are free-breeding, so in a genetic sense they are a natural population, says Boyko. The team took DNA from 4676 pure-bred dogs of 161 breeds. By analyzing 185,805 genetic markers, the team was able to trace how all the animals were related in Asia, and so how they had spread