Mar 12, 2025
Abstract. Recent evidence demonstrates genomic and morphological continuity in the Arctic ancestral lineage of dogs. Here, we use the Siberi
If you have a deep fascination with sled dog genetics, breed split, and sled breed histories this is a very interesting study.
#dogblr#dog genetics#genetics study#alaskan husky#siberian husky#alaskan malamute#greenland dog#ancient dogs#this is mostly about sibe genetics#and if you liked my post about seppalas this will also be interesting to you as they are considered a subset of siberian husky in this#but for my own interests i find the closeness of the malamute participants genetics to the ancient dog examples very interesting#because we have dogs coming across from arctic asia to arctic north america in ancient history#and they spread east eventually to greenland#with malamutes being primarily descended from eastern canadian inuit dog genetics and some potential western arctic indigenous dogs#i find it makes sense they are close to the ancient examples#whereas greenland dogs have been very isolated for a long time so they're over there in the corner by themselves#further down in another graph you can see how the ancient dogs branch off from the same area as greenland dogs and malamutes#compared to other dogs#and the study does conclude that greenland dogs share the most dna with ancient wolves which is also not surprising#malamutes and greenland dogs shared significantly more ancestry with ancient dogs/wolves than siberian huskies of any population as well#while seppalas and modern chukotka sled dogs have the least