The domestic dog is found today throughout the world, associated with humans and in a wide variety of environments including tundra, taiga, deserts, savannas, forests, and urban and agricultural areas; its ancestor, the grey wolf, lived on the northern continents.
In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats
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In a Y-chromosome study, 31 Bedouin Salukis of desert lines (sampled in Israel) showed 11 haplotypes, all of which cluster with Middle Eastern village dogs, and six of which are shared with Middle Eastern village dogs; this may reflect the Bedouin reliance on local village dogs for breeding.
