For those Rhodesian Ridgeback fans, who have wondered why a Ridgeback is indeed called a Ridgeback, one has to look at the cause of the ridge on their backs to get the real answers.

Taking the inititative to map the hair ridge trait in Rhodesian ridgebacks, scientists identified a segment of DNA that was found in Ridgebacks and the analysis revealed the precise genetic cause of ridges in this awesome African dog. A certain region contained three genes which were abnormally duplicated. These three genes are present in excess copies. When the genes are present in single copies, no ridge occurs - as in "normal dogs".
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It’s a lot of work fostering 2 puppies at the same time…especially when you’re a 10 year old dog! The kids are so full of energy I can’t keep up. Even the humans are running around like crazy. Things at the studio are very busy right now, too so it’s been like a precision operation here at camp Spencer. Fric and Frac keep everyone on their toes but how can you resist this?

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