Sentences with phrase «laboratory animal colony»

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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.

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.

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Laboratory Animal Management Assistant (LAMA): a LIMS for active research colonies.