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Readings: Chapter 34
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TUTORIAL 9:
EVOLUTION OF THE DOMESTIC DOG
http://blog.blantonmuseum.org/files/
2012/01/Cave-painting.jpg
RANDOM NOTE
Tullimonstrum gregarium was a vertebrate, all vertebrates are chordates
- fossil evidence of its gut, has to do with the structure of how both these
Dogs of King Antef
from Egyptian
organisms fossilize, 3-dimensional
element
to its fossilization,
relief (2323 BC. to 2134 BC).
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/18/tully-monster-mystery-of-the300-million-year-old-fossil-finally-solved
Gaston Phebus, illustration from Le Livre
de la chasse (The Book of Hunting), 14th
- 15th centuries, illuminated manuscript
Canis lupus
Examples of adaptation,
Structural homology,
Biogeography,
Domesticated species
Drooping ears
wavy hair
http://scienceblogs.com/thoughtfulanimal/2010/06/14/monday-pets-the-russian-fox-st/
Fox pups (called kits) from the population were scored for
tameness and assigned to classes:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/taming-wild-animals/musi-photography
THE RESULTS
Generation
% E1 Kits
10
18
20
35
35
70-80
THE RESULTS
Characteristic
Undomesticated
animals with trait
(per 100,000)
Domesticated
animals with trait
(per 100,000)
Frequency increase
(%)
Star on forehead
710
12,400
1646
86
450
423
Floppy ears
170
230
35
Shortened tail
140
6900
Curled tail
830
9400
1033
all these genes are linked to the behavioural ones we selected for
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
WEEKS
4 6 8 10 12
DOGS
WILD
FOXES
DOMESTICATED
FOXES
response
to sound
window of
socialization