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Post by Super Communist on Aug 4, 2012 9:11:36 GMT -5
Have any of you found it peculiar that unlike most feral animals, wild dogs don't really resemble their supposed ancestor? Feral Dogs;   |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 4, 2012 14:15:38 GMT -5
Yes actually i have but at the same time that could be attributed to how long dogs have been domesticated.
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Post by thunderhawk on Aug 10, 2012 14:16:54 GMT -5
My dog certainly more closely resembles a fox than he does a wolf. I've heard a serious scientific hypothesis that Chihuahuas are actually descended from foxes rather than wolves.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 11, 2012 2:12:21 GMT -5
Notice how the foxes begin to attain The traits of the primitive spitz breeds, It would be fairly funny in my opinion if they isolated the genes responsible for domestication and wolves lacked them and it turned out all domestic dogs are descendant of foxes, unlikely but man can dream...
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Post by rhino on Apr 9, 2013 1:09:35 GMT -5
I agree. I don't think all domestic dogs are descended from wolves.
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Post by LeopJag on Apr 9, 2013 19:31:58 GMT -5
My dog certainly more closely resembles a fox than he does a wolf. I've heard a serious scientific hypothesis that Chihuahuas are actually descended from foxes rather than wolves. If chihuahuas came from foxes than they wouldn't be able to crossbreed perfectly well with other breeds...foxes aren't in the genus canis - they are in more basal clade like monkeys are to apes. all breeds we have belong to the same species Canis (lupus) familiaris. read about the red foxes in Russia that were domesticated in only a few generations of selective breeding,, and they turned out quite diverse in color and features not found in the wild...the process of domestication along with artificial selection can radically change how a species acts and looks. |
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