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2011-MAR-28 [MON] 08:32 PM
"NOVA: Dogs Decoded"
Studio: PBS
DVD Release Date: November 9, 2010
ASIN: B0040QYRS6
Nova has a winner here.
Aggression genetics was one of the subjects brought up by this interesting Science Report from Nova. Starting in 1959, Soviet scientist started setting up genetic research project around the country. One of these projects was performed in Siberia. There, it was the goal to remove and breed around 1 percent of silver fox (foxes are closely related to wolves) pups that were not only fearless of human contact, but also not so agressive as the other pups.
Within 3 generations, almost all the aggresive behavior began to disappear.
This is strong evidence favoring the theory that aggression is mostly genetic in nature.
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RELATED WEBPAGES (for more info)
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_silver_fox
Farm Fox Experiment:
http://www.hum.utah.edu/~bbenham/2510%20Spring%2009/Behavior%20Genetics/Farm-Fox%20Experiment.pdf
Archived Copy of "Farm Fox" Article:
http://www.amystrange.org/SCI-Farm-Fox-Experiment.pdf
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