[rawfeeding] Re: Info I would like feedback on...please?

anndrea wrote:

>Could someone who may know more about DNA please clue me in to if DNA
>has anything to do with digestive systems? Like having near matched
>DNA between a dog and a wolf mean their digestive systems work
>essentially the same?
>I don't need to know if the systems are the same, just if DNA
>influences that.

DNA contains the genetic code for the organism - it controls EVERYTHING,
beginning at the cellular level.

>I am having a discussion about all this with someone and I would like
>to know more about it all. Also, if these sites are true and as
>informative as I thought they were, they would be good sites to send
>people to who are considering raw feeding and want to know more about
>the similarities of wild dogs/wolves and domesticated dogs.

It is unfortunate that the first perpetuates the misconception regarding the
ingestion of stomach contents, but it does make a good argument otherwise.

>http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/

Lora
Evanston, IL

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