Friday, March 19, 2010

Dogs Likely Originated In The Middle East, New Genetic Data Indicate

This evolutionary tree shows dog breeds and gray wolves. (Credit: UCLA)

From Science Daily:

Science Daily (Mar. 18, 2010) — Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, not Asia or Europe, according to a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists led by UCLA biologists.

The research appears March 17 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature.

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