Research Progress on the Relationship Between Genes and Main Behavioral Traits in Working Dogs
The matching of working dogs with corresponding working uses is closely related to their behavioral traits,which are affected by both genetic and environmental factors.Genetic factors play decisive roles in dog behavioral traits,which are the key con-tents of dog breeding.It has been found that the polymorphic sites of some canine genes such as COMT,TH,5-HTR2C,DRD2,GLT-1 and GLAST are significantly associated with specific temperament and behavioral traits in dogs.However,there are still specific func-tion of the discovered genes and the mechanism of its effect on canine behavioral traits need to be further studied.The aticle sum-marized the existing studies on dog genes and main working traits of dogs,and integrated the research arguments of dispersion,in or-der to provide reference for the theoretical and further mechanism research of follow-up practitioners.
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