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Toastier temps make for smaller sheep
STANFORD (US)—Researchers may have solved the case of the incredible shrinking sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta. Blame the heat.The average size of Soay sheep on the island has declined about 5...
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Gene has breeders counting sheep
CORNELL (US)—Discovery of an unusual form of a gene may have sheep breeding like rabbits—all year long. The gene—M allele—prompts ewes to breed out of season and to conceive at a younger age and more...
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Sheep show immunity’s tradeoffs
PRINCETON (US) — Strong immunity may play a key role in determining long life, but may do so at the expense of reduced fertility.An 11-year study of a population of wild sheep located on a remote...
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Study: Give animals credit for shaping society
U. OREGON (US) — Animals don’t get their due for their role in sculpting human societies throughout history, argue sociologists. Animals are more than pets or domesticated creatures bended to human...
View ArticleToastier temps make for smaller sheep
STANFORD (US)—Researchers may have solved the case of the incredible shrinking sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta. Blame the heat. The average size of Soay sheep on the island has declined about 5...
View ArticleGene has breeders counting sheep
CORNELL (US)—Discovery of an unusual form of a gene may have sheep breeding like rabbits—all year long. The gene—M allele—prompts ewes to breed out of season and to conceive at a younger age and more...
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Parchment’s DNA tells 700-year-old sheep tale
Millions of ancient documents offer clues about how agriculture in the British Isles developed over the last 700 years. But the crucial information isn’t in the texts. It’s in the parchment they’re...
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3D printing could soon save knees from arthritis
A new procedure to regenerate the knee meniscus—a tissue lining that acts as a natural cushion between femur and tibia—uses 3D printing and the body’s own stem cells. People with damaged menisci...
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Genome map could spare sheep from ‘flystrike’
Scientists have decoded the Australian sheep blowfly genome, which adds ammunition to the battle against the insidious pest. Blowfly maggots live on the skin of sheep and invade open wounds, where they...
View ArticleToastier temps make for smaller sheep
STANFORD (US)—Researchers may have solved the case of the incredible shrinking sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta. Blame the heat. The average size of Soay sheep on the island has declined about 5...
View ArticleGene has breeders counting sheep
CORNELL (US)—Discovery of an unusual form of a gene may have sheep breeding like rabbits—all year long. The gene—M allele—prompts ewes to breed out of season and to conceive at a younger age and more...
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Sheep show immunity’s tradeoffs
PRINCETON (US) — Strong immunity may play a key role in determining long life, but may do so at the expense of reduced fertility. An 11-year study of a population of wild sheep located on a remote...
View ArticleStudy: Give animals credit for shaping society
Animals don’t get their due for their role in sculpting human societies throughout history, argue sociologists. Animals are more than pets or domesticated creatures bended to human needs, say Richard...
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Parchment’s DNA tells 700-year-old sheep tale
Millions of ancient documents offer clues about how agriculture in the British Isles developed over the last 700 years. But the crucial information isn’t in the texts. It’s in the parchment they’re...
View Article3D printing could soon save knees from arthritis
A new procedure to regenerate the knee meniscus—a tissue lining that acts as a natural cushion between femur and tibia—uses 3D printing and the body’s own stem cells. People with damaged menisci...
View ArticleGenome map could spare sheep from ‘flystrike’
Scientists have decoded the Australian sheep blowfly genome, which adds ammunition to the battle against the insidious pest. Blowfly maggots live on the skin of sheep and invade open wounds, where they...
View ArticlePeople hunted sheep in Black Desert 14,500 years ago
Bones from wild sheep have turned up in the Black Desert in eastern Jordan. Archeologists hadn’t before identified the species in that area in the Late Pleistocene. Excavations of architecture and...
View ArticleToastier temps make for smaller sheep
STANFORD (US)—Researchers may have solved the case of the incredible shrinking sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta. Blame the heat. The average size of Soay sheep on the island has declined about 5...
View ArticleGene has breeders counting sheep
CORNELL (US)—Discovery of an unusual form of a gene may have sheep breeding like rabbits—all year long. The gene—M allele—prompts ewes to breed out of season and to conceive at a younger age and more...
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Sheep show immunity’s tradeoffs
PRINCETON (US) — Strong immunity may play a key role in determining long life, but may do so at the expense of reduced fertility. An 11-year study of a population of wild sheep located on a remote...
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