Very good preprint on the evolution of the canine genome through joint dog and wolf genealogies (by Jasmin Rees @mattiassherman.bsky.social @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social @leospeidel.bsky.social
and colleagues) 🧪🧬🐶🐺
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Dogs and their closest extant relative, the grey wolf, diverged around 30k years ago, but have since experienced complex histories of gene flow involving other canids, adaptive pressures due to close ...
