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Comment
. 2010 Aug 10;8(8):e1000452.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000452.

A dog's eye view of morphological diversity

Liza Gross  1
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A dog's eye view of morphological diversity

Liza Gross. PLoS Biol. .
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The tremendous phenotypic diversity seen in different types of pure-bred dogs, like this komondor, allows geneticists to link genomic loci with the physical expression of complex traits like hair and body size. (Image: Nikki68/Wikimedia)
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  • A simple genetic architecture underlies morphological variation in dogs.
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