Can Apple Macintosh computers boot from a USB volume?

Can Apple Macintosh computers boot from a USB volume? Can I attach a USB external drive to a Mac and boot from it?
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"Mac 101: Yes, Intel Macs can be booted from an external USB drive

Since the release of the Intel Mac computers, and with Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later, you can start up from an installed system on a USB hard disk. Here's the Apple support document that tells you how to do it."