By Martin M Barillas The smallest dogs, such as Chihuahuas and Pomeranians, long thought to be the product of domestication, share a body-size gene with ancient wolves. A new study published in the journal Current Biology suggests that wolves living more than 50,000 years had a mutation in a gene regulating growth hormones that ultimately resulted in small dogs. This […]
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