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Comment The dog days of autumn Gregory A Petsko Address: Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA. Email: petsko@ In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man. Maurice Maeterlinck Greg Petsko is tied up with teaching, so, by popular demand - actually, he wonders why there never seems to be a demand for more from him - his column will be guest-written this month by his two dogs, the mixed poodle/spaniel Clifford and the chocolate Labrador retriever Mink (Figure 1). They are not strangers to these pages, having written before, to much acclaim. Precisely how they manage to type their text is unclear. Mink: Did you see the paper in the issue of Science for 2 October 2009 (326:150-153) by Cadieu and coworkers? It’s entitled Coat variation in the domestic dog is governed by variants in three genes. Figure 1 Clifford: What’s a domestic dog? Mink (right) and Clifford proudly display their different coats and Mink: I’m not sure. I think maybe it’s the opposite of a wish to remind the Editor that, although they don’t work for peanuts, they do work for lamb chops. foreign dog. Clifford: Are you a foreign dog? After all, you’re from Labrador. Clifford: You mean like how your coat is dark brown