After frequently finding myself encountering references to Belyaev\u2019s fox experiment in a number of dog-related texts, I felt the need to investigate his experiment more thoroughly.\u00a0 This has resulted in a lot of reading, but a lot of new found knowledge. \u00a0From this reading, I hope to have a better understanding of the connection dog-authors are trying to make between dogs and the fox experiment. I hope it also proves useful for my readers.<\/p>\n
Part I – Introduction<\/a><\/strong> Part II – Changes<\/a><\/strong> Part III – Answers<\/a><\/strong> Part IV – Dogs?<\/a><\/strong> I hope this series has been of interest, as I thoroughly enjoyed researching.\u00a0 I did cut out some bits and pieces, so please feel free to comment if you feel I haven\u2019t answered a burning question for you! Additionally, if you would like in text referencing, I can provide such.<\/p>\n References:<\/em><\/p>\n Belyaev, DK 1979, ‘Destablizing selection as a factor in domestication’, <\/em>Journal of Heredity, vol 70, iss 5, pp301-308. [link]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Belyaev, DK, Plyusnina, IZ & Trut, LN 1984, ‘Domestication in the silver fox (Vulpes fulvus desm): Changes in physiological boundaries of the sensitive period of primary socialization\u2019, <\/em>Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol 13, pp359-370.<\/em><\/p>\n Gilbert, SF, ‘Evolution and domestication: selection on developmental genes?’, in <\/em>Developmental Biology (8th edition). [link]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Hare, B, Plyusnina, I, Ignacio, N, Schepina, O, Stepkika, A, Wrangham, R & Trut,\u00a0 2005, ‘Social cognitive evolution in captive foxes is a correlated by-product of experimental domestication’, <\/em>Current Biology, vol 15, pp226-230. [link]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Kenttamies, H, Valberg Nordum, N, Brenoe, UT, Smeds, K, Rune Johannessen, KR & Bakken, M 2002, ‘Selection for more confident foxes in Finland and Norway: Heritability nad selection response for confident behaviour in blue foxes (Alopex lagopus)\u2019, <\/em>Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol 78, pp67-82.<\/em><\/p>\n Kukekova, AV, Acland, GM, Oskina, IN, Kharlamova, AV, Trut, LN, Chase, K, Lark, KG, Hollis, NE, & Aguirre, GD 2006, ‘The genetics of domesticated behavior in canids: What can dogs and silver foxes tell us about each other?’, <\/em>The Dog and Its Genome, Cold Spring Harbor Labratory Press. [link]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Kukekova, AV, Trut, LN, Oskina, IN, Johnson, JL, Temnykh, SV, Khariamova, AV, Shepeleva, DV, Gulievich, RG, Shikhevich, SG, Graphodatsky, AS, Aguirre, GD & Acland, GM 2007, \u2018A meiotic linkage map of the silver fox, aligned and compared to the canine genome\u2019, <\/em>Genome Research, vol 17, pp387-399. [link]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n “New Nice” on the Radiolab show in October 2009. [link]<\/a> (I highly recommend this reference for a light hearted, audio version of this experiment.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Trut, L 1999, ‘Early canid domestication: The farm-fox experiment’, <\/em>American Scientist, vol 87, no 2, p160. \u00a0[link]<\/a> (I highly recommend this reference for further reading.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Trut LN. 2001. Experimental Studies of Early Canid Domestication. In<\/em> The Genetics of the Dog (ed A Ruvinksy and J Sampson). CABI 2001, p.15-43.<\/em><\/p>\n Trut, LN, Kharlamova, AV, Kukekova, AV, Acland, GM, Carrier, DR, Chase, K, & Lark, KG 2006, ‘Morphology and behavior: are they coupled at the genome level?’, <\/em>The Dog and Its Genome, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Wdoobury, NY: 81-93. [link]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The index for the series of 4 posts pertaining to Belyaev’s fox experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[202,12,11,135,203,200,201,205,154,152,206,204,155,207],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-origin-of-dogs","tag-belyaev","tag-dog","tag-dogs","tag-domestication","tag-experiment","tag-fox","tag-foxes","tag-genetics","tag-research","tag-science","tag-selection","tag-selective-breeding","tag-study","tag-tameness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4870,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/4870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leemakennels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA summary of the work of Belaev in his ongoing experiment with foxes.<\/p>\n
\nDescription of the changes observed in Belyaev’s fox experiment.<\/p>\n
\nPossible reasons for the changes seen in the foxes in Belyaev’s experiment.<\/p>\n
\nWhy does the Belyaev fox experiment matter to dogs?<\/p>\n