In recent years, advances in genetic research have led to the discovery of genes involved in dog traits that include; coat colour, size and personality. Now scientists have found structural variants in genes on chromosome 6 which is associated with human-directed social behaviours, which may explain why dogs are typically friendly to humans. The study, […]
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The research charity Medical Detection Dogs is partnering with Manchester University to determine whether dogs can sniff out Parkinson’s disease. In recent years, dogs have been reported to alert their owners to health problems that, in some cases, have turned out to be cancer. (Click here to read about my personal experience of this). Consequently, […]
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