The brain is composed of a complex web of networks but we have yet to map the structural
connections of the human brain in detail. Diffusion MR imaging is a high‐throughput method …

The Russian farm-fox experiment is an unusually long-running and well-controlled study
designed to replicate wolf-to-dog domestication. As such, it offers an unprecedented window …

Introduction: Felids have evolved a specialized suite of morphological adaptations for
obligate carnivory. Although the musculoskeletal anatomy of the Felidae has been studied …

Humans are more vulnerable to addiction in comparison to all other mammals, including
nonhuman primates, yet there is a lack of research addressing this. This paper reviews the …

Over the last 15 years, research on canid cognition has revealed that domestic dogs
possess a surprising array of complex sociocognitive skills pointing to the possibility that the …

Background SHANK3 gene is a highly replicated causative gene for autism spectrum
disorder and has been well characterized in multiple Shank3 mutant rodent models. When …

Domestication is a well-known example of the relaxation of environmentally based cognitive
selection that leads to reductions in brain size. However, little is known about how brain size …

The evolutionary history of canids and felids is marked by a deep time separation that has
uniquely shaped their behavior and phenotype toward refined predatory abilities. The …

The African wild dog is endemic to sub‐Saharan Africa and belongs to the family Canidae
which includes domestic dogs and their closest relatives (ie, wolves, coyotes, jackals …

The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) stems from the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa):
this offers an appealing window to study microanatomical changes related to the process of …