Enlist in the War:
Join the Fight:
dogs Archive
-
February Genetics Quiz Answers
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No CommentsQuestion 1 Inbreeding leads to: Increased homozygosity. Increased expression of recessive traits. Decreased expression of dominant traits. Increased heterozygosity. Question 2 An allele: Is one of possibly many variations... -
February Genetics Quiz
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 19 CommentsInspired by the Genetics Survey on Gene Expression and an inquiry from the CanineGenetics-L yahoo group, I figure it might be fun to post an occasional genetics quiz to reinforce some of... -
Bunnies Can Herd, Really!
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 9 CommentsMove over Barbie Collies, there’s a new herder in town that is adorably small, has perfect ear set and has a decidedly fluffy butt. And he’s not a show Border... -
Gene Therapy “Cures” Dog Blindness Again
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsBack in 2001, scientists first treated inherited blindness in dogs using gene therapy. In that instance it was Congenital Stationary Night Blindness which manifests in Briards and is analogous to... -
Bio-Sensor is Bad Science, Part 1
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 30 CommentsDog culture is lazy and unoriginal, and profoundly stagnant. The desire for easy answers, simplistic how-tos and formulas for success is rampant. Just do this one simple thing! Breeders eschew... -
Unexpected Leonberger Diversity
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 48 CommentsLeonberger history suggests that they should not be a genetically diverse breed. Although they were formed as a hodgepodge of large continental dogs a little over a century ago, two... -
This Is Not A Pipe
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 18 CommentsIt is the nature of Evolution and the human mind to repurpose what exists into what could be: to innovate, experiment, and sometimes to improve. The fate of such change... -
Usage Drift
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 6 CommentsThe development of the humble toothpick and the development of the dog share an amazing amount of symmetry. You might find the prototype of the cocktail stick in the reeds... -
Species Porn
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 26 CommentsAfter the smashing success of my Multiple Orcasms post which still brings considerable daily traffic to the blog from furries looking for orca and vore themed pornography, I couldn’t resist... -
Those Inbred Lab Mice
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 80 CommentsThe Pure Blood Brigade™ (licensed for use from Jess Ruffner) will sometimes invoke laboratory mice as the go-to example of a perfectly healthy inbred population. Here’s a quote from NSDTR-apologist...
Christopher
Kathy Bittorf
Jana
Kathe
Dave