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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... -
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... -
Lessons from Island Wolves
Posted on December 25, 2011 | 69 CommentsSweeping comparisons between wild animals and domesticated pets are dangerous given the unique and often mutually exclusive conditions in which those two groups often find themselves. Wild animals must hunt... -
Parasite Breeders
Posted on December 10, 2011 | 10 CommentsOh Claire, I’m sorry for all the suffering you’ve experienced in your life. It’s one thing for me to write about qualzucht, torture breeding, and to think and debate about... -
The Mark of Cain is a Dog
Posted on December 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Bible puts forth the killing of Abel by his brother Cain as the first murder in history, which foreshadows the eternal struggle between the farmer and the cowman. Cain...
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