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So a 1-year-old dog is roughly the same, developmentally, as a 7-year-old human. A 2-year-old dog is equivalent to a young teenager, et cetera. But a new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine along with other scientists across the country is casting doubt on that math, according to a story by USA Today.
The study was conducted on Labrador retrievers up to 16 years old. According to its findings, a 1-year-old dog more closely pairs up to a year-old human instead of a 7-year-old child. He studies bioinformatics — a research field that uses computers to analyze biological data. He was not involved in the study. On the surface, he notes, multiplying by seven makes sense. On average, people live seven times longer than a dog.
But there are problems with that simple computation. After all, a one-year-old baby is just learning to walk. A one-year-old dog is adult enough to have puppies of its own. This is because species develop at very different rates. Fortunately, dogs and humans both hit very similar developmental milestones. As we go through those stages, our DNA also undergoes a change.
The molecule that carries genetic instructions stays the same. The tags, known as methyl groups, act like little switches that can turn on or off particular genes in that DNA. The marks determine how different genes in the DNA get used to make proteins.
As an animal ages, so does its methylome. How it changes is very predictable. Most adolescent humans will have DNA marks that are in one pattern, while humans nearing 65 or 70 show a different pattern of DNA marks. The same is true for dogs.
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