#dingoes — Public Fediverse posts
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A new genetic test has revealed that most of the free-roaming canines in Australia, often labeled ‘wild dogs’, are predominantly dingoes. Less genetic ancestry of then introduced domesticated European dogs than thought before.
#biodiversity #dingoes #genetics #australiahttps://www.newswise.com/articles/most-australian-wild-dogs-are-predominantly-dingoes/?sc=c6313
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It turns out that there’s not always good reasons for what we do – particularly for what governments do! In fact, there are good reasons to stop doing them. Dingoes and land management, climate change, deforestation and many many more issues require us to examine the evidence – evidence we already have – and change our ways.
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From my colleagues down the corridor at UNSW who have been collecting and analysing ear clips of dingoes and wild dogs
"Research suggests that more than half of Australia’s dingoes are genetically pure, not hybrids"
TL;DR they use a better DNA testing method, and find that Australia has four groups of pure dingos that have differences in DNA. Plus a group of dingo/dog mixed DNA. Now to find out if the differences in DNA lead to physical differences.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/29/research-suggests-that-more-than-half-of-australias-dingoes-are-genetically-pure-not-hybrids#science #environmentalscience #envionment #DNA #dingoes #ecology #DogsOfMastodon #academia #SciComms #UNSW