While isolated
colonies of laboratory animals are susceptible to becoming less genetically diverse, Brekke et al.'s findings suggest that diversity is maintained across many different populations.
Not exact matches
In order to carry out my mission to increase and multiply the lab
animal population
of the armed forces
of the United States, I was placed under the direction
of an eccentric old man (also named George), a civilian employee who had spent over a decade helping monkeys reproduce in that
laboratory colony.
A small number
of federal researchers deemed essential by their agencies would still report to work, such as those involved in caring for patients at NIH's clinical research center, sustaining
animal colonies in research
laboratories, or handling weather data seen vital to public safety.
Recently, Paul Sherman, an
animal behaviorist at Cornell, and Timothy Judd, a graduate student at Colorado State University, have observed another hive - like trait among the pink, gerbil - size
animals: some
of them behave — at least in
laboratory colonies — like selfless worker bees, providing food for the rest
of a sometimes indolent
colony.
We thank the
Animal Facility Core for help in maintaining animal colonies and other members of the Tang laboratory for support and helpful discu
Animal Facility Core for help in maintaining
animal colonies and other members of the Tang laboratory for support and helpful discu
animal colonies and other members
of the Tang
laboratory for support and helpful discussion.