Bridgett vonHoldt

Bridgett vonHoldt

Oct 12, 2019

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Progress is still underway!

As the project is being completed by one of my graduate students, we have to balance his academic requirements with research progress. He is doing wonderfully! With more time available now for research activities on the horizon, he is focusing full force on this dataset and has really learned how to work with this new data type. He has made progress and we continue to learn more about differences between dogs, wolves, and domestic foxes (as well as the genetic events that may be similar across many of these groups). We are working to get a manuscript formatted in the near future! Thank you all for your continued support and comments.

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  • Rafael Pacheco Retana
    Rafael Pacheco Retana
    Hi, is there an update of this interesting study?
    Oct 04, 2020
  • Cindy Wu
    Cindy WuBacker
    Thanks for the update! 🙂
    Oct 13, 2019

About This Project

My lab studies the genetic changes that promoted the domestication of dogs from wolves. We recently found a few genetic mutations that occur in both dogs and wolves that appear to increase their friendliness towards humans. I hypothesize that these genes harbor more mutations in dogs that further increase friendly behavior. To test this, we need to sequence nine canines. We have sequenced six, and the funding will go towards completing the remaining three sequences.

Blast off!

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