"Siberian huskies have a portion of their genome that traces back exclusively to this ancient Siberian wolf," Skoglund told Live Science. "It's pretty amazing that there is a special genetic connection to a wolf that roamed the tundra 35,000 years ago." Scientists once thought that dogs descended from gray wolves. 21 мая 2015 г.
Is a Siberian Husky A wolf hybrid?
The Siberian Husky crossed with a Wolf is what is known as a Wolf hybrid or a wolfdog. Wolf hybrids are a relatively unknown entity as not many people successfully take this challenge on.
Are huskies the closest breed to wolves?
Scientists gathered data and DNA from 1,000 dogs of 85 different breeds. After analyzing the data, they found that four dogs were closest to wolves in regards to their DNA. These breeds were the Shiba Inu, Chow Chow, Akita, and Alaskan Malamute. It is interesting to note that Huskies are not on this list.
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