http://www.gnxp.com/new/2009/08/31/curly-haired-dogs/ Genetics Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.27 http://www.gnxp.com/new/2009/08/31/curly-haired-dogs/#comment-3270 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:36:26 +0000 #comment-3270 Interesting. So coat-type is controlled by three genes? Just from the info in the article, it’s clear there must be at least a fourth gene that hasn’t been identified yet.  
 
If the beagle and basset breeds are examples of dogs who carry all three wild-type (wolf form) genes for coat-type… well, nobody would ever confuse either of those breeds with having wolf fur, would they? Actually, I’d feel comfortable going out on a limb and saying that beagle fur and wolf fur are vastly different and could never be confused. Not ever. Not if you were blind. Obviously then, if bassets and beagles have these three genes in common with a wolf, and yet there is a difference, then those three genes can’t be the whole story.

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