Letting the Dog Genome Out: Poodle DNA compared with that of mice, people

Chihuahuas, Irish wolfhounds, pit bulls, beagles, greyhounds, and more. Man’s best friend comes in a range of sizes, shapes, and temperaments unmatched by any other mammalian species.

Biologists have now taken a step toward understanding that diversity by conducting a limited, but relatively quick and inexpensive, scan of one dog’s full DNA sequence, or genome.