Why Obama's Dog Has Curly Hair Date: August 28, 2009 Source: University of Utah Summary: Researchers used data from Portuguese water dogs -- the breed of President Barack Obama's dog Bo -- to help ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah researchers used data from Portuguese water dogs - the breed of President Barack Obama's dog Bo - to help find a gene that gives some dogs curly hair and others ...

If you’ve ever encountered a Puli dog, he probably made a big impression. The breed’s long, curly hair naturally forms ... Their coats contain oil that makes them water repellent but that ...

It all started with an innocent question from Reddit user @Soggy-Cake-560 in the r/curlyhair subreddit: "Why does my dog have such amazing curly hair? It's not fair." And now, the internet is ...

Dogs with wiry and curly hair – airedale terriers, for example – have variants of both RSPO2 and KRT71 genes. Long-haired dogs like golden retrievers have a variant form of the FGF5 gene.