stackyFACTSDespite drastically different shapes, sizes, and temperaments, every domestic dog is genetically almost identical. A tiny handful of specifically tweaked genetic switches accounts for the vast difference between a Great Dane and a pug. We basically played aggressive biological clay modeling with a single baseline template.
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