[PatrickHenry]

This is a thread about evolution. I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs.

[kaylar]

The gray wolf? That's a North American wolf-surely an Old World wolf-the European brown, or the Indian wolf-is the ancestor of the dog (except for native American breeds, maybe).

[Smittie]

This is a thread about evolution. I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs.

Actually, it's a poorly written story about selective breeding with an even more poorly written headline. (I would have preferred cutsy pics of dogs myself)

[Old_Mil]

"The mitochondrial genome is such a small percentage of the dog genome," said Princeton's Kruglyak. "The interpretations are somewhat speculative."

In other words, everything in this article is BS.

[Darnright]

>I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs.<

Ok.

Another photo of domestic cat who's had its genes messed with:

[BJClinton]

I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs.

I wouldn't dream of it.

[bert]

Helen Thomas is a real dog, after concetion the mold was burned.

[DManA]

I've read, and it's true - dogs are wolves that never grow up.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"This is a thread about evolution. I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs."

Yes, your request was in vain. :)

[JCEccles]

Intelligent design at work.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

I pity you. Were you there? You have no proof. My granddaddy was no ape!!!!!!

[tet68]

This is a thread about evolution. I'm hoping -- perhaps in vain -- that everyone won't pile in to post cutsy pics of your dogs.

What would be the point otherwise?

[toddlintown]

What about the gonad-licking gene? Is that recessive?

[RightWingAtheist]

"It's not clear that any other species has been pushed by artificial human selection to the same extent.

Samurai crabs, maybe?