Posts Tagged 'behavior traits'

Dog Traits, Including Shyness, Have Implications for Human Longevity

Categorized Under: Dog DNA, dog history, Dogs in Science, Research one Commented

By domesticating dogs, humans unwittingly initiated an artificial selection experiment on personality – the results of which may have implications for our own longevity. We know that dogs were breed to specific tasks and that individual dogs were selected for reproduction based on certain behavior traits – such as activity, aggressiveness, and docility – related [...]