Japanese wolves are most closely related to dogs and share DNA with East Eurasian dogs - Nature Communications

Japanese wolves are most closely related to dogs and share DNA with East Eurasian dogs - Nature Communications

The ancestor of the domestic dog is the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Extant gray wolves are divided i...概要を表示 The ancestor of the domestic dog is the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Extant gray wolves are divided into three groups: the North American, Eurasian, and domestic dog groups1. Recent phylogenomic analyses of gray wolves have shown that the North American gray wolf diverged at the basal ancestral position, followed by the Eurasian lineage1,2. Dogs form a monophyletic clade which is the sister group to t

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