Community Science
Demystifying Inbreeding
Published on July 29, 2021Most of us first learned about inbreeding in a high school history class. You remember…
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Preventive Care for Senior Dogs
Published on February 3, 2021Like humans, dogs go through many different life stages, and these stages are accompanied by…
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One Study or Many? Cohorts in the Dog Aging Project
Published on January 8, 2021The Dog Aging Project is a long-term research project. We’re building a canine knowledge base using critical information provided by community scientists, who participate in what we call the Longitudinal Study of Companion Dogs.
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Beyond gray muzzles: defining aging in dogs
Published on November 10, 2020What is aging exactly? Answering this question is not only the necessary starting point for this blog series, but it is also one of the primary aims of the Dog Aging Project. Even though recognizing aging is simple enough when we see an elderly dog with a white muzzle, truly defining aging in dogs is much more challenging.
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Doodles, Habibi Bears, and More: The Genetics of Novel Dog Crosses
Published on August 28, 2020Dogs are one of the most diverse groups of animals in the world. Visit any…
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Demography, the Gompertz Equation, and COVID-19
Published on May 19, 2020Scientific discovery is often driven by the observation of patterns. Repeated phenomena usually have similar…
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Human to Animal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Published on March 30, 2020One of the challenges we face right now is how little we know about the…
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