Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the genetic factors that may be behind their behaviour.
In this episode from April 2024, the Guardian’s science correspondent and flat-coated retriever owner Nicola Davis visits the University of Cambridge to meet Dr Eleanor Raffan and Prof Giles Yeo to find out how understanding this pathway could help treat the obesity crisis in humans
‘Much more fixated on the sausage’: study sheds light on obesity in labradors
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