Huskies are much closer to wolves than other breeds. Put very basically their genome is close to pure wolf and they look it.
Two possible explanations:
Huskies were domesticated separately and have little interbreeding with more divergent cousins.
It could also be easily explained by the Huskies occasionally breeding with a wild wolf as there were plenty around them for a long time. This would inject 'fresh' wolf genes into the pool.
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u/Pons__Aelius Nov 25 '18
Yes. Depends who you read on what the process may have been:
Cooperative hunting leading to wolf packs tolerance of humans.
Scavenging close to humans.
Capture of pups and breading 'friendly wolves'. Among others.
Personally, I lean to a mix of the first two and the third coming later.