Post by jandl100 on Jul 3, 2020 10:17:59 GMT
New research has debunked the long-standing rule of thumb of multiplying the dog's age by 7 to get the equivalent human age.
Follow the curve in this article to get a scientifically based estimate!
phys.org/news/2020-07-dog-human-years-scientists-method.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
"A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine throws that out the window. Instead, they created a formula that more accurately compares the ages of humans and dogs. The formula is based on the changing patterns of methyl groups in dog and human genomes—how many of these chemical tags and where they're located—as they age. Since the two species don't age at the same rate over their lifespans, it turns out it's not a perfectly linear comparison, as the 1:7 years rule-of-thumb would suggest."
Follow the curve in this article to get a scientifically based estimate!
phys.org/news/2020-07-dog-human-years-scientists-method.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
"A new study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine throws that out the window. Instead, they created a formula that more accurately compares the ages of humans and dogs. The formula is based on the changing patterns of methyl groups in dog and human genomes—how many of these chemical tags and where they're located—as they age. Since the two species don't age at the same rate over their lifespans, it turns out it's not a perfectly linear comparison, as the 1:7 years rule-of-thumb would suggest."
