image: This is a small sample of the variety of coat types found in the domestic dog. Pictured here is a Briard. This image relates to an article that appeared in the August 27, 2009, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. E. Cadieu of National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues, was titled, "Coat Variation in the Domestic Dog Is Governed by Variants in Three Genes." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Tyrone Spady