A Bark Stronger than a (Science) Bite
German shepherds and pugs are more closely related to each other than to wolves because they are part of the same subspecies, Canis lupus familiaris. Discover how studying genes and physical traits shows this relationship and learn about species, subspecies, and how traits can change based on the environment.
Topics
- species
- subspecies
- nervous system development
- digestion
- evolutionary relationships
- artificial selection
- natural selection
- genomic analysis
- phenotypic traits
- genomics
- anthropology
- genomic signature
- amylase
- maltase
- breed
- domestication
- mutation
- phenotypic plasticity
- phylogenetic tree
- speciation
- whole genome sequencing