News tagged with domestication
160 flights disrupted after Tokyo airport glitch
More than 160 flights to and from Tokyo's Haneda airport were disrupted Thursday after a computer glitch hit a new air radar system hours after it was installed, the transport ministry said.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Scientists move a step closer to understanding why leopards can't change their spots
The leopard cannot change its spots, nor can the tiger change its stripes, but a new research report published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Genetics tells us something about how cats end up wit ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Wild Iberian horses contributed to the origin of the current Iberian domestic stock
Some modern horses of Iberian origin are descendants from wild horses from the Early Iberian Neolithic, dated around 6,200 years ago. Ancient lineages are mainly represented in the Lusitano group C, constituted ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Report: Arizonans make good neighbors, but not good citizens
(PhysOrg.com) -- Polls consistently show that Arizonans take pride in their state, enjoy their quality of life, and like and trust their neighbors. Yet despite such positive outlooks, the percentage of Arizona citizens who ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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New findings show how human movement may have brought Chagas disease to urban Peru
New research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, published December 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tr ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil
Extinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought. After plucking ancient DNA from frozen soil in ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Muscling in on a mystery protein: Study of brawny pigs reveals key player in the genome
(PhysOrg.com) -- For thousands of years, humans have bred pigs for desirable traits, such as more muscle and less fat in the meat. Domestication makes animals ideal models for studying how genes control physical ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Google routes World Bank data to fact seekers
Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Genome sequence for the domestic horse unveiled
The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Commercial pigs in Ind. test positive for H1N1
(AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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New clues to the Falklands wolf mystery
Ever since the Falklands wolf was described by Darwin himself, the origin of this now-extinct canid found only on the Falkland Islands far off the east coast of Argentina has remained a mystery. Now, researchers ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Researchers sequence swine genome
(PhysOrg.com) -- A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Ancient bison genetic treasure trove for farmers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Genetic information from an extinct species of bison preserved in permafrost for thousands of years could help improve modern agricultural livestock and breeding programs, according to University ...
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Research team establishes family tree for cattle, other ruminants
Pairing a new approach to prepare ancient DNA with a new scientific technique developed specifically to genotype a cow, an MU animal scientist, along with a team of international researchers, created a very ...
Oct 19, 2009 |
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