Editing Dog (section)

==Ancestry==
The progenitor of the dog is the wolf, until recently the Indian wolf Canis lupus pallipes or Canis lupaster was thought to be the culprit, whose relationship appears to be externally similar to that of some dog breeds. Conjectures that go back to Konrad Lorenz that the domestic dog is descended from the golden jackal ( Canis aureus ) are now considered to be refuted by recent research such as that of Erik Zimen and Alfred Seitz.
In the meantime, the common gray wolf (Canis lupus) has been genetically confirmed as the forefather. This means that the Indian subspecies are also ruled out as possible progenitors.
The study of mitochondrial DNA * is a standard method to test populations of different species, including wolves.
Genetic studies of mitochondrial DNA from wolves and dogs in the USA showed that the genetic differences between different wolf populations averaged 0.16%. The genetic difference between wolf and coyote was about 3.1%, and the difference between dog and wolf (gray wolf) was 0.2%!
This correction was confirmed in the 1993 edition "Mammal Species of the World", the reference work of the Smithsonian Institution for the classification and geographical classification of the mammals of this world. This work is being developed and published in collaboration with the American Society of Mammalogists and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.