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Like a Bobtail Without an Anus
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 85 CommentsIn a previous post I spoke about new research making Dr. Bruce Cattanach’s old understanding of the Bobtail Gene obsolete and reopening the debate about the ethics of this gene […] -
Academic Fraud in Toller Research
Posted on October 15, 2011 | 55 CommentsThe 2011 study A Genealogical Survey of Australian Registered Dog Breeds is a shoddy piece of work and a disgrace to the scientific method. The world-wide population of Cavalier King Charles […] -
COI: How Many Generations are Enough?
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 23 CommentsIn her published paper, A Genealogical Survey of Australian Registered Dog Breeds, Claire Wade would have you believe that looking at 4.1 generations of Toller data is enough to get […] -
Pedigree Collapse
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 13 CommentsIt’s common to visualize one’s ancestry as a pyramid with the current individual at the apex descending back across time and generations in an expanding wedge. Every generation has twice the number of […] -
For Whom the Dog Tolls
Posted on October 1, 2011 | 16 CommentsNUNC LENTO SONITU DICUNT, MORIERIS. Now, this Bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die. PERCHANCE he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as […]