'Space pups': Mouse sperm stored on ISS produces healthy young
Turns out the comic books were wrong.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 12, 2021
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News tagged with domestic animals
Health status of vulnerable gopher tortoises revealed in Southeastern Florida
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is declining because of habitat loss and fragmentation, human interaction including collisions with vehicles, predation by domestic animals, and disease. These long-lived reptiles ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2021
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200-year old poop shows rural elites in New England had parasitic infections
In the early 19th century in North America, parasitic infections were quite common in urban areas due in part to population growth and urbanization. Prior research has found that poor sanitation, unsanitary privy (outhouse) ...
Archaeology
May 3, 2021
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Study uncovers human-to-cat transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19
New research provides evidence that people have transmitted SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to cats during the pandemic in the UK. The study, which is published in Veterinary Record, detected the virus last year ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 23, 2021
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What does the study of domesticated birds tell us about the evolution of human language?
Language is one of the most notable abilities humans have. It allows us to express complex meanings and transmit knowledge from generation to generation. An important question in human biology is how this ability ended up ...
Evolution
Apr 19, 2021
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Early dispersal of neolithic domesticated sheep into the heart of central Asia
Along the Tian Shan and Alay mountain ranges of Central Asia, sheep and other domestic livestock form the core economy of contemporary life. Although it was here that the movements of their ancient predecessors helped to ...
Archaeology
Apr 8, 2021
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Domestication and industrialisation lead to similar changes in gut microbiota
Domestication has a consistent effect on the gut microbiota of animals and is similar to the effects of industrialisation in human populations, with ecological differences such as diet having a strong influence.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 23, 2021
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European domestic dog may have originated in Southwestern Germany
Together with a group of international colleagues, a research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen studied the beginnings of the domestication of wolves ...
Evolution
Mar 4, 2021
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Scientists make 3-D heart scan breakthrough for animals and humans
The University of Manchester scientists have created the most detailed ever 3-D scan of a rare form of congenital heart disease.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 19, 2021
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Recovery of ovarian function in infertile mammals lacking gonadotropin release
Gonadotropins are any hormones that are released from the anterior pituitary to stimulate the gonads, or sex glands, to carry out their reproductive functions. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is therefore fundamental ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2021
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