Not even epigenetics is needed. Selection exerts enormous influence on genes. It essentially designs them to be appropriate for environment. Genes are a record of what our genome has experienced. They are the memory it uses to learn from experience.
Yeah but I think the point is is that there is no animal that does this naturally, so the first dog that was bred for this purpose had to be trained how to do it. And now all of The other dogs in it’s genetic succession also somehow carry that training
Sounds like the argument that an eye couldn't have formed because there are supposedly no intermediate forms that are useful. Same argument. Choose the best of the litter to breed, and slowly they have characteristics you want. Not saying it must have been selection, but selection is more capable than suddenly popping behaviors out fully formed in one generation.
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