The Dog Zombie

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Corrigendum on a recent tame fox article

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I came across a new article on the Russian tame foxes today, Russian geneticist repeats dog domestication with foxes in just fifty years . ...
Friday, September 9, 2016

Where did dogs come from?

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What we know and what we don’t know about dog domestication Want to learn more about dog domestication? It's not too late to sign...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Ruminations of a dog scientist on a 96-well plate

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I've been doing a lot of bench work in the laboratory lately. This involves filling the tiny little wells on a plate with my ingredients...
Sunday, May 8, 2016

Geek version of the fat mutant labs FAQ

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In the face of overwhelming demand (three people thought it sounded like a good idea), here is the geek version of the fat mutant labs FAQ ,...
Saturday, May 7, 2016

Fat mutant labradors FAQ

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The study about a mutation associated with obesity in labrador retrievers has received massive news coverage for a dog genetics article (and...
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Dogs and hugs FAQ

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Stanley Coren, well known and respected author on dog cognition, recently published a blog post about dogs not enjoying hugs . Now that I h...
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Saturday, April 23, 2016

From the genetics of dog breeds to stress and reproduction

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The other morning I was talking to my husband in bed in an attempt to help him wake up. Me: So I ran into our friend who walks those three...
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Marlborough, MA, United States
Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD is fascinated by dog brains. She is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she studies the genetics of dog behavior. Her interests include the stress response in mammals, canine behavior, canine domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, and open access publishing. You may learn more about Jessica at www.dogzombie.com, or email her at jph at dogzombie dot com. All opinions expressed here are her own.
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