Are dogs genetically special

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 712-713

  Hedrick, P W ^a   Andersson, L ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DOG; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MUTATION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79955115444     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.98     Document Type: Note

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