2008 CVM News: Cornell researchers pursue the dog's ancestor: Collaborative research explores the domestication of dogs

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This news item is about: Dr. Marta Castelhano will spend most of December in Portugal, traveling from village to village by car equipped with a centrifuge and clipboard. On the lookout for village dogs, Castelhano will encourage these semi-feral to completely feral dogs to cooperate long enough for her to draw four to five milliliters of blood.