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The mystery of the black wolf

Results of the research of an American scholar team in collaboration with Italian ISPRA researchers

 

Foto di Paolo OrlandiFor a long time researchers have been questioning about the strange black mantle of some wolves. At last an international team studied the genetic causes determining the colour in many breeds of dogs and in some populations of wolves. The discovery has been made by a group of American scholars in collaboration with Italian scientists of the Ispra (Laboratorio di genetica dell’ex-Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica , the laboratory of genetics of the former National Institute for Wildlife).