Title: Default for Introduction to Wolf Ethology
Course: Introduction to Wolf Ethology

Q: True or False, a coyote is genetically closer to a wolf than a dog is to a wolf. [Image]
- True
- False
A: False

Q: What is the name of the geneticist from UCLA leading the study of canid genetics?
A: Dr. Robert Wayne

Q: How many species are identified in the Canidae family?
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 34
A: 34

Q: The genes coded for this type of DNA impact physical characteristics and influence behavior, as well as serving a regulatory function inside the cells.
- Nuclear DNA
- Mitochondrial DNA
- nucleolus
A: Nuclear DNA

Q: True of False, the Mitochondrial DNA comes solely from the male parent and can be easily tracked.
- True
- False
A: False

In 1993, the Society of Mammalogists and the Smithsonian Institution's met and made a taxonomical reclassification of dogs. What was their decision?
Feedback: To reclassify the dog as a subspecies of the wolf.

Provide a brief paragraph of one of the articles related to Wolf/Dog Genetic Research.

Q: True or False, a wolf in captivity can be domesticated.
- True
- False
A: False

Current research indicates that domestication, or the attributes of a domesticated animal, can occur much more quickly than previously believed, even within a human generation or two with determined selective breeding. It is also now generally believed that initial domestication was not attained deliberately by human intervention but through natural selection. Please provide a short narrative of how this natural selection was influenced by humans.