[ad_1] When we adopted Penny from a rescue that focuses on dogs with the double merle gene, we knew very little about the condition ourselves. We were exploring the idea of adopting a deaf dog since we already use ASL in our home. Little did I know the connection between deafness and this genetic condition. […]
Animal Hybrids: How Interbreeding is Making the Animal Gene Pool More Diverse
[ad_1] Animals from various lineages frequently reproduce in nature, which may help explain some of the evolution’s riddles. Erica Larson, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Denver, claims that interbreeding across disparate lineages is the genetic cause of a hybrid species. (Photo : Image from Hkandy under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation […]