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US-Mexico border wall could threaten wildlife species
A 700-mile security wall under construction along the United States' border with Mexico could significantly alter the movement and "connectivity" of wildlife, biologists say, and the animals' potential isolation is a threat ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, study
The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa."
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 04, 2009 |
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Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep
(PhysOrg.com) -- Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in ...
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Counting sheep in climate change predictions
Climate change can have devastating effects on endangered species, but new mathematical models may be able to aid conservation of a population of bighorn sheep.
May 29, 2009 |
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Roos have less impact on the environment: study
A comparative study of the energy requirements of kangaroos and sheep has concluded roos have far less impact on the environment than once thought.
May 17, 2009 |
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Scientists use retroviruses to unravel woolly history of sheep domestication
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have unravelled the woolly history of sheep domestication by examining retroviruses preserved in the animal’s DNA.
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Fertility doctor says he's on the brink of cloning human: report
A US-based fertility doctor claimed to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of them into the wombs of four women in an interview published Wednesday.
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Dubai claims world's first cloned camel
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai this month.
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Report: Nearly all native birds in Hawaii in peril
(AP) -- Hawaii's native avian population is in peril, with nearly all the state's birds in danger of becoming extinct, a federal report says.
Mar 20, 2009 |
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New tool to fast-track genetic gain in sheep
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from CSIRO are part of an international team that today launched a new genomic tool which is set to transform the future selection and breeding of sheep around the world.
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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