Mary Allen
ʻO Husky nā maka uliuli ʻōlinolino. He mau ʻīlio ʻē aʻe wale nō, e like me ka Australian Shepherd a me Collie, hiki ke loaʻa nā maka uliuli. No Siberian Huskies, ua hoʻoholo nā mea noiʻi i ka mea e alakaʻi pinepine ai kā lākou kala. Wahi a kēia, aia kahi pilina pili me ka hana hou ʻana o kahi ʻāpana kikoʻī ma ka chromosome 18. Ua māhele ʻia ka genome o nā ʻīlio ma luna o ka huina o 78 chromosomes, 46 i ke kanaka a me 38 i nā pōpoki.
Ua ʻike mua ʻia kekahi mau ʻano gene, e like me ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo merle factor ke kumu o nā maka uliuli i kekahi mau ʻīlio ʻīlio, akā ʻaʻole lākou i hana i ka Siberian Huskies. ʻO kahi hui i alakaʻi ʻia e Adam Boyko lāua ʻo Aaron Sams o Embark Veterinary ma Boston, Massachusetts, kahi mea hoʻolako i nā hōʻike DNA ʻīlio, i kēia manawa ua hoʻokomo ʻia ma mua o 6,000 mau ʻīlio me nā waihoʻoluʻu maka ʻokoʻa i ka loiloi genome.
ʻO ka'āpana pālua o ka chromosome kokoke i ka ALX4 gene, kahi mea nui i ka uluʻana o nā maka i nā mammals, hōʻike nā mea noiʻi ma ka puke pai PLOS Genetics. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole nā Huskies āpau me ka ʻano ʻano genetic he mau maka uliuli, no laila, pono e pāʻani kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua. Hoʻokahi maka ʻeleʻele ka maka o ka holoholona a he uliuli kekahi.