Researchers analyzed ancient and modern genetic samples of the Greenlandic Qimmit breed to shed light on the long ...

Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years.

The Greenland sled dog, or Qimmeq (plural Qimmit), is one of the few breeds that can still be found pulling a sled. They have been much more isolated genetically than other traditional sled dogs ...

A study published on July 10 in the journal Science maps the path of Greenland sled dogs from their ancient origins to the present day. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 92 dogs from regions of ...

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Genetics researchers have sequenced the genomes of Greenland sled dogs, shedding light on both the development of this breed ...

Just after midday, we gripped the worn rope handles of a dogsled as 11 dogs surged across the frozen tundra of Western ...

A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...