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A little-known dog lineage with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest until its rapid demise following European colonization, a study in Science showed Thursday.

​ The dogs occupied a previously underappreciated high-status in Indigenous societies, which revered the animals as members of the family and adorned their most treasured items with their emblem.

This groundbreaking discovery suggests that Coast Salish communities preserved the distinct genetic traits of woolly dogs until shortly before their extinction.

<p>Researchers from the <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/">Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History</a> led a new analysis that sheds light on the ancestry and genetics of woolly dogs, a now extinct breed of dog that was a fixture of Indigenous Coast Salish communities in the Pacific Northwest for millennia. Anthropologist <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/logan-kistler">Logan Kistler</a> and evolutionary molecu...

A new analysis sheds light on the ancestry and genetics of woolly dogs, a now extinct breed of dog that was a fixture of Indigenous Coast Salish communities in the Pacific Northwest for millennia. Anthropologists and biologists analyzed genetic clues preserved in the pelt of 'Mutton,' the only known woolly dog fleece in the world, to pinpoint the genes responsible for their highly sought-after woolly fur. The study's findings include interviews contributed by several Coast Salish ...

A little-known dog lineage with fur so thick it was spun into blankets was selectively bred for millennia by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest until its rapid demise following European colonization, a study in Science showed Thursday."We found signatures of inbreeding depression, showing that... reproduction was very carefully maintained over a very long period of time," said Lin -- echoing Native accounts that dog husbandry occurred in isolated enclosures or on coastal islands...

<p>Researchers from the <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/">Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History</a> led a new analysis that sheds light on the ancestry and genetics of woolly dogs, a now extinct breed of dog that was a fixture of Indigenous Coast Salish communities in the Pacific Northwest for millennia. Anthropologist <a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/logan-kistler">Logan Kistler</a> and evolutionary molecu...

In Health Canada’s latest voluminous annual report on Canadian MAiD’s “evolution” to world-leading status, the minister in charge highlights Ottawa’s...

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