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Originally Posted by carmen in nj  yes I know, LOL, The yorkshire Terrier was AKC recognized in 1885.
The Silky Terrier was AKC recognized in 1959.
the silky terrier is closely related to the Australian Terrier , more so than the yorkshire terrier.
to this day the silky has more Australian Terrier DNA, than any other breed that was used to develop the breed, so is consider a cousin of the Australian Terrier.
The yorkshire terrier should NOT have any traces of Australian Terrier on his DNA.. this is what I am told by my club and the DNA lab.
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CArmen in nj |
Very interesting, I know DNA is still in it's infancy, but someday we should get some remarkable knowledge from it, like just exactly which gene causes this or that, I mean we know a few genes, but to know all of them and how exactly they work together would be so wonderful.