Abstract:Drug detection dogs play integral roles in society; however, the interplay between their behaviors and genetic characteristics remains uninvestigated. To profile the genetic traits associated with various behaviors related to the successful training of drug detection dogs, we collected and analyzed more than 230,000 genetic variants from 326 dogs belonging to the German Shepherd or Labrador Retriever breeds. Behavioral breed differences were observed in ‘friendliness to humans’ and ‘tolerance to dogs’. A stron… Show more
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