Turns Out Chihuahuas Are Actually Part Coyote
ScienceAlert · Published on September 20, 2026
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Chihuahuas are really weird dogs. We love them, but no doubt there's something a bit… quirky about those little guys. A new investigation into the ancestry of dog genetics, reported in Nature Communications, could go some way to explaining why. Chihuahuas, it turns out, share some genes with wild coyotes (Canis latrans). DNA – the genetic blueprint recorded in every cell of a living organism's body – encodes the history of evolution. Parents pass their DNA on to their offspring, and while mutations may sometimes reorganize the template slightly, it's DNA that allows scientists to trace ancestry back through time. Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/it-turns-out-chihuahuas-are-actually-part-coyote
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