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TWiEVO 88: Dog days of evolution in the shadows of Chernobyl

This Week in Evolution

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The Role of Geography in the Genetics of Pets

The gene flow is constrained by geography, which is what you would expect. And that could be a signal of humans bringing in their pets from outside as people show up at Chernobyl city. So for me, it kind of raised the question: Is there actually like a Chernobyl breed of dog? Yeah. But all poodles have sort of a very specific level of relatedness to each other.

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