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A Marker Set For Construction Of A Genetic Map Of The Silver Fox (Vulpes Vulpes), Anna V. Kukekova, Lyudmila N. Trut, Irina N. Oskina, Anastasiya V. Kharlamova, Svetlana G. Shikhevich, E F. Kirkness, Gustavo D. Aguirre, Gregory M. Acland Dec 2003

A Marker Set For Construction Of A Genetic Map Of The Silver Fox (Vulpes Vulpes), Anna V. Kukekova, Lyudmila N. Trut, Irina N. Oskina, Anastasiya V. Kharlamova, Svetlana G. Shikhevich, E F. Kirkness, Gustavo D. Aguirre, Gregory M. Acland

Gustavo D. Aguirre, VMD, PhD

The silver fox, a variant of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), is a close relative of the dog (Canis familiaris). Cytogenetic differences and similarities between these species are well understood, but their genomic organizations have not been compared at higher resolution. Differences in their behavior also remain unexplained. Two silver fox strains demonstrating markedly different behavior have been generated at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Foxes selected for tameness are friendly, like domestic dogs, while foxes selected for aggression resist human contact. To refine our understanding of the comparative genomic organization of dogs …