Cats and dogs cross the line: domestic breeds follow Rensch’s rule, their wild relatives do not
The domestication syndrome already recognized by Darwin shows that domesticated species acquire a number of novel morphological, physiological and behavioral characteristics not present in their wild ancestors. Because body size and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) are essential characteristics of speci...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции |
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| Online Access: | https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1026 |