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Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs

Domestication shaped wolves into dogs and transformed both their behavior and their anatomy. Here we show that, in only 33,000 y, domestication transformed the facial muscle anatomy of dogs specifically for facial communication with humans. Based on dissections of dog and wolf heads, we show that th...

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Autores principales: Kaminski, Juliane, Waller, Bridget M., Diogo, Rui, Hartstone-Rose, Adam, Burrows, Anne M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31209036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820653116