Nicolette H. C. Salmon Hillbertz, Magnus Isaksson, Elinor K. Karlsson, Eva Hellmén, Gerli Rosengren Pielberg, Peter Savolainen, Claire M. Wade, Henrik von Euler, Ulla Gustafson, Åke Hedhammar, Mats Nilsson, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Leif Andersson, Göran Andersson: Duplication of FGF3, FGF4, FGF19 and ORAOV1 causes hair ridge and predisposition to dermoid sinus in Ridgeback dogs. In: Nature Genetics. Band 39, Nr. 11, 2007, S. 1318–1320, PMID 17906623, doi:10.1038/ng.2007.4.
Sue Fox: Rhodesian Ridgebacks. Barron’s, Hauppauge NY 2003, ISBN 978-0-7641-2376-4, S. 6: Development of the Breed → The settlers modified their dogs to perform better as hunting and guard dogs unter the unique conditions of Africa. Dogs were expected to protect their people from dangerous predators and unfriendly native people. (bei Google-books)
Nicolette H. C. Salmon Hillbertz, Magnus Isaksson, Elinor K. Karlsson, Eva Hellmén, Gerli Rosengren Pielberg, Peter Savolainen, Claire M. Wade, Henrik von Euler, Ulla Gustafson, Åke Hedhammar, Mats Nilsson, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Leif Andersson, Göran Andersson: Duplication of FGF3, FGF4, FGF19 and ORAOV1 causes hair ridge and predisposition to dermoid sinus in Ridgeback dogs. In: Nature Genetics. Band 39, Nr. 11, 2007, S. 1318–1320, PMID 17906623, doi:10.1038/ng.2007.4.