Scientifically proven that DNA determines unique characteristic of the breed of dog

Animals German shepherds are loyal, the border collie is a hard worker and pitbulls are rather aggressive: in such descriptions, to base future owners in their quest for a dog. If they were a Tinderprofiel read, they choose the best match. A pretty accurate choice emerges from a large-scale scientific research.

In the most extensive study on dogs showed scientists that the different traits in the genes of a purebred are rooted. This is evident from a quiz for pets that by 50,000 dog owners was completed. the

In 2005, it appeared that the dog is genetically more similar to humans than the mouse. That conclusion followed after the hondengenoom was mapped. After the man, the mouse, the rat and the chimpanzee, the dog, the fifth mammal in which the genome was known. Scientists then fairly quickly the distinctive personality of different breeds in order to identify.

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That turned out to be a tad more difficult than expected. So there was enormous variation within the same breed, and researchers would never be enough dogs can study to make valid conclusions. Why did the current research relying on thousands of hondenbaasjes: a nice example of be exact, or ‘citizen science’.

In the new study compare gedragspsychologen at the University of Arizona the data of about 14,000 dogs from 101 different breeds. The analyses are derived from the Canine Behavioural Assessment & Research Questionnaire, a kind of quiz for pets. This included questions such as: “What does your dog when a stranger at the door?”. In that way, brought dog owners fourteen different aspects of their pet in the map below, including obedience, adherence, and aggression. The quiz was in 2003 developed and more than 50,000 owners took part.

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