Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.

Researchers studying thousands of canine genomes discovered that wolf DNA is still present in most dog breeds. This ancient ...

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, it most likely came from interbreeding in the past ...

A recent study revealed that a majority of modern-day dog breeds had close contact with wolves several thousand years ago ...

The scientists found that 64.1% of modern breed dogs carry wolf ancestry due to genetic crossbreeding nearly 1,000 ...

Their new study, published in PNAS, examined 2,693 genomes from modern and ancient dogs and wolves. It shows that 64% of dog ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.