Umdala omdala wezinja

Ininzi yezinja zasendulo yafunwa liqela lezenzululwazi zaseSweden ezikhokelwa nguPetra Savolainen, uprofesa weSebe leZoolo kwi-Royal Institute of Technology yaseStockholm.

Amanyathelo okuqala okufunda

Ukufumana ulwazi olunokwethenjelwa ngo-2004, i-DNA ye-mitochondrial (ifa elivela kwinqanaba lesetyhini) lezinja zanamhlanje kunye neentaba zabo zasendle zafaniswa. Njengomphumo wedatha efunyenweyo, ukufana okukhulu neengcuka kwi-DNA isakhiwo kubonakaliswe kwiintlobo ezili-14 zeenja.

Imifuno yasendulo ihamba ekuphuhlisweni kuvela kokhokho babo iminyaka emininzi. Ukufunyanwa kwezinto zakudala zezinto zakudala zeenja ezifuywayo kwimiba engama-15 000 ubudala. Nangona kunjalo, ezinye izazi ze-biologists zikholelwa ukuba imfuyo yamandulo yeenja ezahlukana nengcuka ngaphambili.

Usosayensi uRobert Wayne ukholelwa ukuba ukubonakala kwintlobo yasekhaya kwenzeka kwangaphambili kunokubeka indlela yokuphila yabantu (malunga nama-10 000 ukuya kuma-14,000 kwiminyaka edlulileyo). Ngaphambili, izazinzulu zazikholelwa ukuba abantu bokuqala abazange baqale izifuyo. Nangona kunjalo, ngokukaRobert Wayne, izinja zokuqala zavela eminyakeni eyi-100 000 edlulileyo okanye ngaphambili.

Iingcali ezininzi zenzululwazi zikholelwa ukuba inja enkulu kakhulu yakudala yavela eMpuma Asia. Kwiphando lophando, bekukho apho i-diversity of all kinds is found, ebonakalayo iphantsi kweminye imimandla nakwiizwekazi.

Izinja zakudala

  1. Akita Inu (Japan)
  2. I-Alaskan Malamute (iAlaska)
  3. I-Afghan Greyhound (Afghanistan)
  4. Basenji (Congo)
  5. Lhasa (Tibet)
  6. Pikenes (iChina)
  7. ISaluki (iCrescent Crescent eMiddle East)
  8. Samoyed Dog (eSiberia, eRashiya)
  9. Shiba Inu (Japan)
  10. I-Husky yaseSiberia (iSiberia, iRashiya)
  11. ITibetan Terrier (Tibet)
  12. UChow Chow (waseTshayina)
  13. Sharpei (iChina)
  14. Shih Tzu (Tibet, China)

Nangona kunjalo, impendulo yokugqibela yombuzo, leyo inja yinto endala kakhulu, inokufumaneka xa zonke iintlobo zanamuhla zihlolwa.