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Black Wolves Got Color From Domestic Dogs

Black fur proof of dog legacy

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 6, 2009 8:16 AM CST

(Newser) – Researchers have found the genes of dogs in some North American wolves, linked to interbreeding some 15,000 years ago, reports Wired. The black fur of some forest-dwelling wolves is the result of the long-ago matings with dogs, likely kept as companions by American Indians....   Read full story »

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