From wild to mild: Friendly foxes show changes in brain region

Posted by gmays 7 hours ago

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Comment by derektank 2 hours ago

Previous research had identified changes to gene expression in domesticated Siberian silver foxes that would affect the hypothalamus[1], but good to have further confirmation that the changes in gene expression resulted in structural changes too. Would be curious to know if anyone has done an analysis of the difference between wolves and dogs for comparison (or humans and chimpanzees for thar matter).

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31605445/

Comment by trallnag 2 hours ago

Has this already been tried with humans?

Comment by derektank 2 hours ago

About 300k years ago, it’s believed

Comment by FastDeep 4 hours ago

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Comment by aaron695 4 hours ago

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Comment by xnx 4 hours ago

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Comment by prmph 4 hours ago

Including snakes, roaches, worms, mosquitoes?

Where do we draw the line?

Comment by xnx 4 hours ago

> Where do we draw the line?

They've got to be cute.

Comment by 1-more 3 hours ago

The problem is that they get cuter as you domesticate them, so it's a moving target.