Culture in Miniature: Toy Dogs and Object Life
January 2, 2017
Chi-ming Yang
In April 2007, National Human Genome Research Institute scientists published their discovery of a single gene responsible for the smallness of small dogs. The research showed that minute genetic mutations can determine the vast difference between a chihuahua and a Great Dane, two creatures that are poles apart but nonetheless share the elastic designation “dog.” … More Culture in Miniature: Toy Dogs and Object Life