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Interestingly, many of these are traits that Darwin noted¹ in the Origin of Species as being common among most domesticated² animals. Now in the 50th year, the research is ongoing³. The project’s long term goals are not just to understand the process of domestication⁴, but to identify the genes⁵ that influence tame and aggressive behaviors. The team also hopes that defining the genes important to friendly, outgoing and social behaviors in foxes, might someday lead to genetic⁶ discoveries that may help treat or prevent autism and other human neurological disorders⁷ in which social reciprocity is impaired⁸.

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