養(yǎng)不養(yǎng)狗可能是你的基因決定的

If you had a dog growing up, there's a good chance you'll own one as an adult — but is that because of your experience or your genetic makeup?

如果你小時候養(yǎng)過狗，那很有可能成年后你還會養(yǎng)，那到底是因為你有養(yǎng)狗的經(jīng)驗還是因為你的基因造成的呢?

A team of Swedish and British scientists studied 35,035 sets of twins from the Swedish Twin Registry to find out. They compared that data to information about dog ownership from national dog registries and found a strong connection between genetics and the likelihood of owning a dog.

由瑞典和英國科學家組成的研究小組，從瑞典雙胞胎登記處調(diào)取了35035對雙胞胎的信息，又從國家狗狗登記處獲取了有關(guān)狗狗所有權(quán)的信息，兩者進行了比較研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)遺傳學和養(yǎng)狗傾向之間存在著很強的聯(lián)系。

"We were surprised to see that a person's genetic make-up appears to be a significant influence in whether they own a dog," says Tove Fall, lead author of the study, and professor in molecular epidemiology in an Uppsala University press release.

該研究的主要作者，烏普薩拉大學教授，《分子流行病學》作者Tove Fall說：“我們驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)，一個人的基因竟然對他是否養(yǎng)狗有著重大的影響。”

"As such, these findings have major implications in several different fields related to understanding dog-human interaction throughout history and in modern times. Although dogs and other pets are common household members across the globe, little is known how they impact our daily life and health. Perhaps some people have a higher innate propensity to care for a pet than others."

“因此，這些研究結(jié)果對于在歷史和現(xiàn)代時期了解狗與人之間相互作用的幾個不同領(lǐng)域具有重大意義。雖然狗狗和其他寵物一樣，都是我們家庭的一員，但它們是如何影響我們的日常生活的，我們卻不得而知，也許有些人天生就有養(yǎng)寵物的傾向。”

In the study, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers conclude, "we show evidence of a strong genetic contribution to dog ownership in adulthood."

研究人員在《科學報告》上發(fā)表的這項研究中指出：“我們證明了基因?qū)Τ赡耆损B(yǎng)狗有著很強的遺傳貢獻。”