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by Baldursmom on 17 March 2009 - 03:03
A lot depends on the gene itself. Most all dogs will have a similar genetic make-up to form organs and the structues needed for life. In fact, those same genes are present in humans and do not very much from species to species. The additional number of chromosomes in the dog and the resulting active genes differenciate the species.
Within the purebreed dog community, we took the basic dog/wolf and created the 400+ types of dogs is the world. Through the selection of dogs that meet the criteria for breeding the type we wanted, we used dogs with more similar genetic make-up in-breed these few founders and came up with a breed, where each member is as phenotypically alike as possible. The GSD had more diversity before the split into working, show, american and other lines. All of these line capitalized on certian traits they believed represented the true shepherd.
Read this article and see if it helps make scense of this:
http://www.canine-genetics.com/cake.htm
Within the purebreed dog community, we took the basic dog/wolf and created the 400+ types of dogs is the world. Through the selection of dogs that meet the criteria for breeding the type we wanted, we used dogs with more similar genetic make-up in-breed these few founders and came up with a breed, where each member is as phenotypically alike as possible. The GSD had more diversity before the split into working, show, american and other lines. All of these line capitalized on certian traits they believed represented the true shepherd.
Read this article and see if it helps make scense of this:
http://www.canine-genetics.com/cake.htm
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