Dog breeds

Question 1

what is a breed

Answer 1

a population distinguishable from another type of the same species by frequencies of genes, chromosomal variation, or hereditary phenotypic charicteristics

Question 2

how do we determine dog breed origins

Answer 2

-based on DNA study using 96 microsatellites on 414 dogs of 85 breeds
-only 14 microsatellites could distinguish everything else was the same

Question 3

what dogs were the most different from the rest and closest to the wolf

Answer 3

-Asian spitzes were most distinct from other
-therefore the “oldest”

Question 4

why is there so much diversity within the herding group

Answer 4

-herding dogs have been derived many times separately (thousands of years ago)
-one of the original uses of dogs

Question 5

when did modern dog breeds emerge

Answer 5

in the 19th century

Question 6

how many dog breeds is there

Answer 6

-> 400 now world wide
-197 with AKC
-187 with CKC

Question 7

what is the CKC objective

Answer 7

advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purebred dogs

Question 8

what are the 4 groups of dogs that can be grouped together for origin

Answer 8

-asain (oldest)
-herding
-all other
-large (newest)