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

(news.cornell.edu)

42 points | by gmays a day ago ago

11 comments

  • derektank a day ago 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/

  • trallnag a day ago ago

    Has this already been tried with humans?

    • derektank a day ago ago

      About 300k years ago, it’s believed

  • FastDeep a day ago ago

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  • xnx a day ago ago

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    • prmph a day ago ago

      Including snakes, roaches, worms, mosquitoes?

      Where do we draw the line?

      • xnx a day ago ago

        > Where do we draw the line?

        They've got to be cute.

        • 1-more a day ago ago

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

          • Gabriel_Martin 19 hours ago ago

            little bzzbzz only sucks a little blood if he likes you!

            • 1-more 5 hours ago ago

              well, she.

  • aaron695 a day ago ago

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