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Dog DNA study yields clues to diverse size of breeds

A new study published in tomorrow's edition of the research journal Science reveals a genetic marker that may determine whether dogs are big or small, and helps answer a burning question in genetics -- how could dogs as a species have such a tremendous variation in size?

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