Relatedness is relative: How can I be 85% genetically similar to my mom, but only related to her by half?

First of all, no. I am not the lovechild of star-crossed siblings, or even cousins, or even second cousins.  This is a gee-whiz kind of pos...

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My dogs' evolutionary history. Part 3: Inside scoop and why

Recall that we ordered DNA testing kits for our mutts. First we made  predictions , then we revealed the  results . Today I want to tell a b...

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My dogs' evolutionary history. Part 2: Results

Yesterday we made the predictions  of the breed signatures we'd find in our dogs' DNA. If you didn't already, please consider go...

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My dogs' evolutionary history. Part 1: Predictions

[Click here to skip to  Part 2 and Part 3 ] You might remember Murphy and Elroy from the time we used science  to solve the book-eating mys...

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