science news: Miniature dogs.
penny April 7th, 2007
Oi Bantay! =)
Well the context of this post is not entirely on the guard dog Pinoys usually have, but specifically for the toy dog-lovers. Tiny breeds as the minipinscher, toy poodle, pomeranian, terriers, etc.
Several articles yesterday, one of which was in yesterday’s LA Times , talked about how small dogs are now potentially useful in research about growth factors in humans that can eventually lead to insights about cancer and skeletal diseases. Isn’t that interesting?
Scientists found a particular piece of regulatory DNA that was present in all small dogs. It is an amazing find, and how this supposed “disadvantage” of being small survived evolution can be explained by the domestication of these tiny canines by humans.
‘Coz aren’t tiny dogs just so sweet?
But the funny thing about it is they found the same gene present in Rottweilers. Maybe they’re really tiny dogs in big costumes.
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