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Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the decades, scientists have learned a lot about the basic life processes shared by many animals — including people — by manipulating the DNA of the "lower" species, such as mice and worms. But to date, ...

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain

A new genetic tool will enable scientists to study vocal learning and neurogenesis at the molecular level in songbirds.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Spinach genes may stop deadly citrus disease

Citrus growers worldwide who currently have no cure for a devastating, tree-killing disease may soon find relief from an unlikely source: spinach.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New method could lead to avian flu-resistant birds

Creating a strain of avian flu-resistant chickens and exploring how canaries learn to sing are two of many potential uses for a Picower Institute of Learning and Memory researcher's simple new way to create transgenic birds. ...

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created Nov 01, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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