Origin of the domestic dog to the domestic dog and modern wolf lineages. The gray wolf is thought to be ancestral to the domestic dog, however its relationship to "C. variabilis", and the genetic contribution of "C. variabilis" to the dog, is the subject of debate. The Zhokhov Island (8,700 YBP) and Aachim (1,700 YBP) canid haplotypes fell within the domestic dog clade, cluster with S805, and also share their haplotypes with – or are one mutation away from – the Tibetan wolf ("C. l. chanco") and the recently-extinct Japanese wolf ("C. l. hodophilax"). This may indicate that these canids retained the genetic signature of
Small Greek Domestic Dog Small Greek Domestic Dog Kokoni () is the name used for the Greek small domestic dog breed. They are widely found in Greece, have traditionally been more common in urban areas and were a popular companion of Greeks for centuries. The name "Kokoni" probably derives from the word κοκόνα "kokona" which is another word for daughter in Modern Greek. In past times the daughter's life was mostly in and around the house, so the Kokoni dog was the "daughter's dog" or the "dog for the house", unlike the hunting dogs or the livestock guardian dogs. In some places in Greece