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Researchers identify gene involved in dog size

An international team led by researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has identified a genetic variant that is a major contributor to small size in dogs. The findings appear in the April 6, 2007, issue of the journal Science.

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