The Genetic Legacy of Balto: Revealing the Ancestry and Traits of the Famous Sled Dog
A new study has revealed that Balto, the famous sled dog who led a team to deliver lifesaving medicine during a diphtheria outbreak in Nome, Alaska in 1925, was not just a Siberian husky but a mixture of different Arctic and Asian breeds.[0] The research team extracted DNA from tissue samples of Balto’s taxidermied remains […]
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