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FILE: SCIENTISTS STUDY FAMED SLED DOG'S DNA
04-27-2023
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A STUDY OF A FAMED SLED DOG’S D-N-A IS HELPING SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND HOW DOGS OF THE PAST COMPARE TO MODERN DOGS.
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THE SLED DOG BALTO HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR HIS ROLE IN DELIVERING ANTITOXIN SUPPLIES TO A REMOTE ALASKAN TOWN IN 19-25 DURING THE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.
AND NOW, HIS D-N-A IS OFFERING INSIGHT INTO HOW GENETIC DIVERSITY AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF DOGS -- BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ SEQUENCED D-N-A SAMPLES FROM BALTO’S TAXIDERMIED SPECIMEN AND COMPARED THEM TO THOSE OF CURRENT LIVING DOG BREEDS.
THEY FOUND THAT BALTO’S GENOME IS MORE DIVERSE — AND ULTIMATELY HEALTHIER — THAN THAT OF MOST DOG BREEDS TODAY.
AND HE CAME FROM A POPULATION OF WORKING DOGS THAT HAD TRAITS THAT MADE THEM MORE FIT TO TRAVEL AND SURVIVE IN HARSH CONDITIONS.
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Balto WAS RAISED IN THE KENNEL OF BREEDER LEONHARD SEPPALA…
HE BELONGED TO A POPULATION OF SMALL, FAST SLED DOGS IMPORTED FROM SIBERIA THAT BECAME KNOWN AS SIBERIAN HUSKIES.
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BALTO SIBERIAN HUSKY SLED DOGS ALASKA RESEARCH DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC ANTITOXIN
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--LEAD IN –
A STUDY OF A FAMED SLED DOG’S D-N-A IS HELPING SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND HOW DOGS OF THE PAST COMPARE TO MODERN DOGS.
--VO SCRIPT—
THE SLED DOG BALTO HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR HIS ROLE IN DELIVERING ANTITOXIN SUPPLIES TO A REMOTE ALASKAN TOWN IN 19-25 DURING THE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.
AND NOW, HIS D-N-A IS OFFERING INSIGHT INTO HOW GENETIC DIVERSITY AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF DOGS -- BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ SEQUENCED D-N-A SAMPLES FROM BALTO’S TAXIDERMIED SPECIMEN AND COMPARED THEM TO THOSE OF CURRENT LIVING DOG BREEDS.
THEY FOUND THAT BALTO’S GENOME IS MORE DIVERSE — AND ULTIMATELY HEALTHIER — THAN THAT OF MOST DOG BREEDS TODAY.
AND HE CAME FROM A POPULATION OF WORKING DOGS THAT HAD TRAITS THAT MADE THEM MORE FIT TO TRAVEL AND SURVIVE IN HARSH CONDITIONS.
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Balto WAS RAISED IN THE KENNEL OF BREEDER LEONHARD SEPPALA…
HE BELONGED TO A POPULATION OF SMALL, FAST SLED DOGS IMPORTED FROM SIBERIA THAT BECAME KNOWN AS SIBERIAN HUSKIES.
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BALTO SIBERIAN HUSKY SLED DOGS ALASKA RESEARCH DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC ANTITOXIN
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