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How inbreeding has affected our canine companions

The domestication of dogs by humans is a story of selective breeding for traits and characteristics that has shaped their evolution over millennia. Geneticist Paul Capewell explains how the creation of different dog breeds has led to significant welfare concerns, but also provided unique opportunities for research into inherited diseases

Close up of a brown labrador’s face.
Labrador retrievers are vulnerable to several heritable diseases
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AQA Genetic diversity and adaptation; Inheritance

OCR A Classification and evolution; Patterns of inheritance; Manipulating genomes

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