Diane K. Boyd
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Maybe Jamie could look that up. At certain times when the disease prevalence is higher, the wolves will select a mate of a certain color because their genetics change. prove to be an asset to the survival of those pups.
So they've also been looking at that. So when I first came to Montana, many of the wolves were black, and now it's probably 50-50 or less. In Minnesota, the original Midwestern wolves... were gray and now they've got black color genes and there are changes with the population density.
So they've also been looking at that. So when I first came to Montana, many of the wolves were black, and now it's probably 50-50 or less. In Minnesota, the original Midwestern wolves... were gray and now they've got black color genes and there are changes with the population density.
So they've also been looking at that. So when I first came to Montana, many of the wolves were black, and now it's probably 50-50 or less. In Minnesota, the original Midwestern wolves... were gray and now they've got black color genes and there are changes with the population density.
But what I learned to my best knowledge, it's a K locus gene and they think that when people domesticated dogs from wolves and we took the wolves into captivity and we mutated, they had mutations that we helped survive, that gene for black color coat was from dogs and then dogs got bred a little bit into the wolves occasionally and that coat is from a dog.
But what I learned to my best knowledge, it's a K locus gene and they think that when people domesticated dogs from wolves and we took the wolves into captivity and we mutated, they had mutations that we helped survive, that gene for black color coat was from dogs and then dogs got bred a little bit into the wolves occasionally and that coat is from a dog.
But what I learned to my best knowledge, it's a K locus gene and they think that when people domesticated dogs from wolves and we took the wolves into captivity and we mutated, they had mutations that we helped survive, that gene for black color coat was from dogs and then dogs got bred a little bit into the wolves occasionally and that coat is from a dog.
Doesn't mean that the animals out there that are black are hybrids. I'm just saying it goes back thousands of years.
Doesn't mean that the animals out there that are black are hybrids. I'm just saying it goes back thousands of years.
Doesn't mean that the animals out there that are black are hybrids. I'm just saying it goes back thousands of years.
Oh, boy. You know what? I haven't gone there. I mean, if you look at Romulus and Remus, those are gray wolves in Rome.
Oh, boy. You know what? I haven't gone there. I mean, if you look at Romulus and Remus, those are gray wolves in Rome.
Oh, boy. You know what? I haven't gone there. I mean, if you look at Romulus and Remus, those are gray wolves in Rome.
I don't know. You know, I'm not a paleontologist.
I don't know. You know, I'm not a paleontologist.
I don't know. You know, I'm not a paleontologist.
That's the idea, like having Arctic wolves being white.
That's the idea, like having Arctic wolves being white.
That's the idea, like having Arctic wolves being white.
But it's the K locus for the black color gene, and it depends on if they're homozygous or heterozygous, and one is, here you go.