We’ve known for awhile that animals find their “true love” partly through smells. One of the things they are sensing is whether the potential mate has a different set of MHC genes. People might be able to do this as well. …
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In a new studt out in Nature Neuroscience, scientists tinkered with a single gene in a mouse and made it less likely to get fat. Finally I can eat as many Double Stufs as I want without worrying about gaining weight. If scientists can turn what they’ve learned into…
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On July 16th, my Mom and I left San Francisco by boat to tour the Southeast coastal islands of Alaska. I have been hearing stories about the untamed Alaska since I was a small child. My mom lived in Kodiak as a girl. Her father and my grandfather had his…
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Posted in KQED, QUEST, Partners, ocean, fish, water, dna, canada, alaska, dolphins, killer whales, mammals, offshore orcas, orcas, resident orcas, sea, transient orcas, vancouver | Comments Off
Mole voles do fine with one X and no Y
chromosome.
Last blog I talked about the Transcaucasian mole vole. This little burrowing mammal has lost its Y chromosome over time. Now both males and females have only a single X.
I focused on how scientists can’t yet figure out how there…
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I’ve always been fascinated by weird animals. Especially those with out-of-the-ordinary genetics.
Transcaucasian mole voleOne of my favorites is a little burrowing mammal called a Transcaucasian mole vole. These guys live in the Caucasus Mountains of Armenia, Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. There they are born, live, have babies and…
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Jars of poached Sturgeon eggs and other fish roe
from a Department of Fish and Game bust in Cordelia, California.I knew I was in trouble when I saw the jars. Big jars, filled with tinted liquid, with weird things suspended in them. Things that definitely used to be alive, and that I…
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Do you have a note from your doctor?
So much information, so little understandingOn June 9, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) sent letters to 13 different direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies telling them that they were not in compliance with California laws and needed to stop providing testing. The two…
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Do you have a note from your doctor?
So much information, so little understandingOn June 9, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) sent letters to 13 different direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies telling them that they were not in compliance with California laws and needed to stop providing testing. The two…
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