They charted how fluctuating oxygen concentrations correlated with
the emergence of new animals as seen in the fossil record and from genetic data.
Not exact matches
The increasing use
of in - vitro - fertilisation techniques, and the
emergence of new possibilities involving human cloning, mixing
of human and
animal genetic elements, and the use
of embryonic stem cells for research, among other things, brought the need for further teaching.
Research at the University
of Liverpool suggests pets and other domesticated
animals could provide
new clues into the
emergence of infections that can spread between
animals and humans.
The findings suggest that although wild
animals may be important for the transmission
of new diseases to humans, humanity's oldest companions — livestock and pets such as cattle and dogs provide the vital link in the
emergence of new diseases.
«Domesticated
animals provide vital link to
emergence of new diseases.»
«This approach
of «xenosurveillance» could detect pathogens before they spread to humans, as well as the
emergence of new diseases in wild
animals that may threaten their long - term survival.»
Annual testing is important even in
animals receiving a monthly preventative, because
of the
emergence of new strains
of Heartworms that are resistant to the preventative medications.
In the rural regions
of Southern China where SARS broke out, the people and
animals lived in inordinately close contact and there was widespread use
of wild species for food and traditional medicine, along with little testing available to catch
new strains
of diseases, the conditions there promoted the
emergence of the virus.
Spanning more than 50 years
of his career, Jamie Wyeth, on view through July 5 at the San Antonio Museum
of Art opens with his childhood drawings, traces his development as a portrait painter, examines his stint in The Factory with Warhol in
New York, contemplates the rural scenes that pay homage to his family's legacy and details his
emergence as a great
animal and bird painter.
Rising levels
of oxygen in the oceans were a key causative factor in the
emergence of skeletal
animals 550 million years ago, according to a
new study.