DNA research of dog breeds
It makes sense that a lot of small dogs share DNA with pugs. Pugs were often bred with larger dogs to produce smaller versions. When they get more breeds into this research, it might be worth getting my dog tested to see what the heck she is.
Ignore the incorrect title to the link
The title should be:
Where did your dog come from? New tree of breeds may hold the answer.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/where-did-your-dog-come-new-tree-breeds-may-hold-answer
Check out the #BIllMeetScienceTwitter hashtag on Twitter. Unfortunately I don’t know the story behind the hashtag but I like seeing so many scientist on Twitter. It’s also reassuring to see high visibility of female scientists.
ETA
Here’s the story behind the hashtag.
This is a better link for background
https://storify.com/may_gun/billmeetsciencetwitter-in-context
The headline for the Forbes article is misleading.
A few scientists on Twitter decided Bill wasn’t letting enough experts talk about science on his new Netflix show.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/billmeetsciencetwitter?vertical=default&src=hash
Dragon!
This is really awesome and the photos are spectacular. I look forward to reading more about this nodosaur.
Originally shared by David Brin
How about a dinosaur that is so well preserved that it “might have been walking around a couple of weeks ago,” as revealed in this spectacular find in Canada. Skin, scales and yes a face. “As it lumbered across the landscape between 110 million and 112 million years ago, almost midway through the Cretaceous period, the 18-foot-long, nearly 3,000-pound behemoth was the rhinoceros of its day.”
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/dinosaur-nodosaur-fossil-discovery/