A Rosetta stone of mammalian genetics
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The comparative genetic maps obtained from the Mammalian Comparative Database enables the prediction of linkages, investigation of genome structure and generation of animals models. The Mammalian Comparative Database is an information resource consisting detailed information about homologous genes and the chromosomal location of these genes. The Database will enable the development of new methods and techniques for treating diseases and abnormalities in human beings.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Larger bites of leaf-cutting ants
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Examination of the maximum sustainable metabolic rate in the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa reveals that the ant's mandibular muscles constitute over 50% of their heat capsule mass or over 25% of total body mass, which is consistent with the flight motor of flying insects. Leaf-cutting metabolic rate is greater than the standard rate and post-cutting locomotion metabolic rate. Mandibular energetics influence ant foraging.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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It's in the genes
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Warm blooded animals of the same species, living in different climates, have different metabolic rates. The metabolic rate increases with the latitude and the gross differences in the metabolic rate between cold-blooded reptiles and warm-blooded birds and mammals are well known.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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