Dog Breeding and Genetics
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The Mastiff, for example, suffered a genetic bottleneck after World war II because hardships in Europe made it impossible to keep many dogs, especially giant ones (Dunner, 2003).... Besides war, other bottlenecks occur when a breed becomes extremely unpopular and rare, or when dogs from one country or, worse, one kennel are used to found the breed in another part of the world.... For argument's sake, if preserving endangered flora and fauna species is good, is it a big leap of faith to suggest that maybe some of our great dogs, ones that stand out above all others, are worthy of reproducing or cloning?...