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• Zebra + Donkey
Zonky
jly 26, 13
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/rare-italian-born-baby-zonkey-goodhealth/story?id=19769860
• White Kiwi in NZealand
may 24, 11
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/24/rare-white-kiwihatched-in-new-zealand/?hpt=C2
• 1 African elephant – 2 species
dec 22, 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12054343
Genetic may have resolved a long dispute by proving
there are 2 species of African elephant. Savannah
and forest elephants have been separated for at least
3 million years, and are as distinct as Asian elephants
are from the woolly mammoth.
• Meet – super chicken – made by your local genetics
gal
jan 14, 11
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article1346896/Scientists-create-GM-superchicken-doesn-tspread-bird-flu.html
• What is genetically modified salmon
sep 20, 10
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2010/09/20/genetically-modifiedsalmon/?hpt=T2
This is a video Link:
LIVE: Hearing on modified salmon
• UPDATE
The Frozen Zoo -
San Diego began collecting skin samples from rare
animals in 1972 in the hope they might be used to
protect these endangered species in the future.
A breakthrough in stem-cell technology means that
day is getting closer aug 28, 10
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/29/froze
n-zoo-san-diego-rhino
DOGS
Centuries of breeding have altered dogs' DNA
jan
18, 10
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503145.html?hp
id=moreheadlines
• Dogs descended from Middle Eastern wolves... but
they weren't always man's best friend
says a new genetic study.
mar 18, 10
Molecular genetic techniques examined 48,000 markers from across
the entire DNA sequence from each of the animals
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1258859/Dogsdescended-wolves-Middle-East--werent-mans-bestfriend.html#ixzz0iZJGttwp
• Shared Gene in Dogs With Compulsive
Behavior jan 18, 10
Doberman pinschers that curled up into balls, sucking
their flanks for hours at a time, and found that the
afflicted dogs shared a gene were studied.
The 1st such gene identified in dogs — in a short
report this month in Molecular Psychiatry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/science/19dogs.html?
ref=science
. . . are now working on finding and sequencing the CDH2
gene in humans to see whether it is linked to obsessivecompulsive behavior.
• Genetics explains wrinkly (ugly) dog
jan 12, 10
Story and 1m 54s video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8453794.stm
• Gene finding could help mammals re-grow lost limbs
mar 16, 10
Mammals could be enabled to re-grow lost limbs after
scientists identified a single gene which prevents
regeneration.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7448336/Genebreakthrough-could-help-mammals-regrow-lost-limbs.html
• Frogs much like humans, genetically speaking
At least 1,700 genes in African clawed frog genome
are similar to humans
apr 29, 10
So that is why they turn into a Prince if you kiss them?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36854955/ns/technology_an
d_science-science/
• 'Toxic stew' of chemicals causing male fish to carry
eggs in testes
Intersex fish, found across the US, result from a mix
of drugs that mimic natural hormones, say scientists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/apr/21/toxicstew-chemicals-fish-eggs
More than 80% of the male bass fish in Washington's major river are
now exhibiting female traits such as egg production because of a
"toxic stew" of pollutants, scientists and campaigners.
Intersex fish probably result from drugs, such as the
contraceptive pill, and other chemicals being flushed into the
water and have been found right across the US.
• Scientists discover genetic mutations that allowed
woolly mammoths to survive freezing temperatures
apr 6, 10
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8657464.stm
The mammoth DNA sequences were converted into RNA and
inserted into E. coli bacteria.
The bacteria faithfully manufactured the mammoth protein.
"The resulting haemoglobin molecules are no different than
'going back in time' and taking a blood sample from a real
mammoth," said Kevin Campbell, from the U of Manitoba.
• Y-chromosomes – big difference in men & chimps
jan 16, 10
http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2010/01/scientistssequence-soybean-genome.html
• Resurrecting extinct animals
jan 17, 10
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6078982n&tag=
contentMain;contentBody
• 'Kidnap' a joey to save a species
feb 18, 10
Australian scientists are kidnapping babies from the
pouches of endangered marsupial mothers in a bid to
save their species from imminent extinction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8520268.stm
• Genes that give butterflies identical wings found
feb 9, 10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/sciencenews/7189179/Genes-that-give-butterflies-identical-wingsfound.html
Cambridge scientists identify the genes which enable 2
unrelated species of butterfly to have identical looking
wings.
• $78.5 M Effort to Keep Carp from Great Lakes feb 9,
10
Threat has grown increasingly tense thru the region in
recent months as genetic material from the fish was
found near and in Lake Michigan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09asiancarp.h
tml?src=sch&pagewanted=all
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• Russia: cat with 4 ears
aug 11, 10
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/slideshow/animaloddities-2205606
Fotos of 33 ‘odd animals’ --- birth defects
• Ostrich stopped flying when dinos disappeared jan
23, 10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7051406/Ostriche
s-gave-up-flying-when-dinosaurs-died-out.html
A biologist said the discovery came after a study of
the birds' genes, was surprising.
It was thought that they were descended from nonflying ancestors.
• Giant cattle to be bred back from extinction
Aurochs were immortalised in prehistoric cave
paintings and
admired for their brute strength and "elephantine"
size by Julius Caesar. jan 19, 10
The huge cattle with sweeping horns which once
roamed the forests of Europe have not been seen for
nearly 400 years.
Now Italian scientists are hoping to use genetic
expertise and selective breeding of modern-day wild
cattle to recreate the fearsome beasts which weighed
around 2,200lb and stood 6.5 feet at the shoulder.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7011035/Giantcattle-to-be-bred-back-from-extinction.html
• African albinos killed for body parts nov 28, 09
Albinism is a hereditary condition, but occurs only when both
parents have albinism genes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34182250/ns/world_newsafrica/
• Rare Breeds, Frozen in Time
jan 9, 10
A group in Rhode Island has created a fertility bank
for heritage livestock, freezing embryos in preparation
for an outbreak of disease — or the next food trend.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/dining/06froz
en.html
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_in_Time/
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• Why don’t fish freeze into fish-sticks ? jan 18, 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/science/19creatures.h
tml?hpw
Hint – they have ‘anti-freeze’ in their bodies.
Sean B. Carroll, a molecular biologist and geneticist, is
the author of “Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures
in the Search for the Origin of Species.”
That is what the fish antifreeze proteins do.
The tissues and bloodstream of about 120 species of
fish belonging to the Notothenioidei family are full of
antifreeze.
These proteins have an unusual repeating structure
that allows them to bind to ice crystals and to lower
the minimum temperature at which the crystals can
grow to about 28F.
So that’s why you cannot buy a ‘fish-sicle’.
• Slow snails are quick to make new species
Critters occupying tiny areas might form
new species more readily
jan 26, 10
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35081238/ns/technology_an
d_science-science/
Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study
reveals feb 14, 10
Tiger may be more ancient and distinct than thought.
Tigers are less closely related to lions, leopards and jaguars than these
other big cats are to each other.
The genetic analysis also reveals the tiger began evolving
3.2 million years ago, and its closest living relative is the
equally endangered snow leopard
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_85120
00/8512455.stm