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Canine Genetics May Hold “One Health” Answers for Humans   A study by U.S. and Swedish researchers discovered that a genetic variation causing Shar-Pei dogs to have wrinkled skin also is responsible for a periodic fever disorder is similar to periodic inherited autoinflammatory fever syndromes in humans http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Autoinflammatory/default.asp.  This research could help elucidate basic science understanding of both human and canine inflammatory diseases.    Detailed scientific information is contained in PLoS journal under the title:   “A Novel Unstable Duplication Upstream of HAS2 Predisposes to a Breed-Defining Skin Phenotype and a Periodic Fever Syndrome in Chinese Shar-Pei Dogs”   http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/infodoi10.1371journal.pgen.1001332