The taming of the neural crest: a developmental perspective on the origins of morphological covariation in domesticated mammals

MR Sánchez-Villagra, M Geiger… - Royal Society open …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Studies on domestication are blooming, but the developmental bases for the generation of
domestication traits and breed diversity remain largely unexplored. Some phenotypic …

A systematic review of research on pet ownership and animal interactions among older adults

NR Gee, MK Mueller - Anthrozoös, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Research on the impact of companion animals in the lives of older adults is considered from
two perspectives: pet ownership and in animal-assisted interventions (AAI). This paper first …

Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs

A Bergström, L Frantz, R Schmidt, E Ersmark… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to
what extent it was linked to humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that …

863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken

MS Wang, M Thakur, MS Peng, YU Jiang, LAF Frantz… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
Despite the substantial role that chickens have played in human societies across the world,
both the geographic and temporal origins of their domestication remain controversial. To …

Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs

LAF Frantz, VE Mullin, M Pionnier-Capitan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The geographic and temporal origins of dogs remain controversial. We generated genetic
sequences from 59 ancient dogs and a complete (28x) genome of a late Neolithic dog …

Similarity of the dog and human gut microbiomes in gene content and response to diet

LP Coelho, JR Kultima, PI Costea, C Fournier, Y Pan… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Gut microbes influence their hosts in many ways, in particular by modulating the
impact of diet. These effects have been studied most extensively in humans and mice. In this …

Out of southern East Asia: the natural history of domestic dogs across the world

GD Wang, W Zhai, HC Yang, LU Wang, LI Zhong… - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
The origin and evolution of the domestic dog remains a controversial question for the
scientific community, with basic aspects such as the place and date of origin, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequencing highlights the dynamic early history of dogs

AH Freedman, I Gronau, RM Schweizer… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
To identify genetic changes underlying dog domestication and reconstruct their early
evolutionary history, we generated high-quality genome sequences from three gray wolves …

Ancient wolf genome reveals an early divergence of domestic dog ancestors and admixture into high-latitude breeds

P Skoglund, E Ersmark, E Palkopoulou, L Dalén - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
The origin of domestic dogs is poorly understood [1–15], with suggested evidence of dog-
like features in fossils that predate the Last Glacial Maximum [6, 9, 10, 14, 16] conflicting with …

Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs

O Thalmann, B Shapiro, P Cui, VJ Schuenemann… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The geographic and temporal origins of the domestic dog remain controversial, as genetic
data suggest a domestication process in East Asia beginning 15,000 years ago, whereas …