This deliberate selection for animals that show aggressive responses to humans would parallel the tame population of foxes and … In the 1970s, the Institute of Cytology and Genetics started a new population of aggressive foxes at the experimental fox farm. The research team obtained prefrontal cortex and basal forebrain brain tissue samples of 12 tame and 12 aggressive foxes from the Institute for Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia, where the foxes were bred. Photo by Institute of Cytology and Genetics As director of the newly-minted Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Belyaev was curious as to how dogs first became domesticated.

A widely respected fox-breeding program in Russia, the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, has garnered worldwide attention for its work in fox domestication; it … Clark and first author Xu Wang, Ph.D. ’11, a former research associate in Clark’s lab, conducted two types of genetic analysis.

A widely respected fox-breeding program in Russia, the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, has garnered worldwide attention for its work in fox domestication; it …