Cats and dogs cross the line: domestic breeds follow Rensch’s rule, their wild relatives do not

• Published in: Vavilovskiĭ zhurnal genetiki i selekt͡s︡ii Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 443 - 451
• Main Authors: Bidau, C. J., MartÍnez, P. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders 2017
• Subjects: body size; canidae; canis familiaris; domestication; felidae; felis catus; reduced major axis regression; sexual size dimorphism

The domestication syndrome already recognized by Darwin shows that domesticated species acquire a number of novel morphological, physiological and behavioral characteristics not present in their wild ancestors. Because body size and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) are essential characteristics of speci...