In this crossover episode with the Functional Breeding Podcast Sarah and friend of the pod Dr Hekman discuss a recent paper revealing some interesting differences between the brains of herding dogs and “normal” dogs, particularly Sarah’s beloved border collies.

The paper is "Genomic evidence for behavioral adaptation of herding dogs." and you can find it here:

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adp4591

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