Balto's ancestry (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Balto's ancestry

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The Alaskan sled dog Balto shares common ancestry with modern Asian and Arctic canine lineages. He had no discernable wolf ancestry.

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Kathleen Morrill

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