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- The American Museum of Natural History reports that 64.1% of purebred dogs carry wolf DNA, based on genome analysis of 2,693 dogs.
- Researchers found wolf genetic traces in all 280 village dogs studied.
- Gene flow from wolves to dogs occurred around 1,000 generations ago.
- The reverse gene flow from dogs to wolves occurred more recently, linked to rising stray dog populations due to urbanization.
