STUDY OF MHC CLASS II GENES OF SAMOYEDS REVEALS NARROW DIVERSITY Posted by Hanne Ahola on August 26 2010

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Like humans, dogs have many heritable diseases. However, because of breed histories, the incidence of diseases can be much higher compared to humans. Closely related animals are often used for breeding and matadors are not rare. Inbreeding present in closed breeding populations increases the number of carriers of breed-specific diseases, and consequently the number of individuals that are affected increases......