A recent study has examined the genome of Balto, a sled dog that led a team to deliver lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925. The study found that Balto's genome had genes that may have helped him survive the extreme Alaskan environment.
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