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Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement
Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East, building more permanent homes and altering the ecological balance in ways that allowed the common house mouse to flourish, new research indicates. Findings suggest the … Continue reading
Ridiculously cute mouse lemurs hold key to Madagascar’s past
Today, Madagascar is home to a mosaic of different habitats–a lush rainforest in the east and a dry deciduous forest in the west, separated by largely open highlands. But the island off the southeast coast of Africa hasn’t always been … Continue reading
How the mouse outlived ‘the giant’
By scanning the fossil remains of mammal-like reptiles from the Karoo of South Africa, scientists have found that these reptiles, called therapsids, may have evolved hair, and the use of whiskers as a sensory tool in order to operate at … Continue reading
Transgenic mouse speeds up research on HIV
(ANSA) – new YORK, JUL 19 – promises a revolution for research on vaccines against the HIV virus: time and cost of clinical trials could be reduced thanks to a new laboratory rat with immune system ‘human’. This animal model, … Continue reading