The authors recommend using sequencing to characterize variation within
laboratory animal populations before designing studies, allowing the results to be properly interpreted.
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.
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.
The core facility is a two - photon in vivo imaging platform developed at the Nonlinear bioimaging
laboratory, a technique that allows for non-invasive structural and functional measurements in small
animal models at different scales: from macroscopic imaging of the brain morphology to highly resolved microscopy of neuron
populations, single neurons, and even subcellular structures.
The May 29 - June 6 program combines classroom presentations with
laboratory experiences and is designed to familiarize students with various foreign
animal diseases that potentially threaten the U.S. domestic
animal population.
Penn Vet serves a diverse
population of
animals at its two campuses, which include extensive diagnostic and research
laboratories.
With the increased use of large numbers of
laboratory rats in the last century, this disease has been seen most often in
laboratory animal workers in the US, as well as in poor
populations.
To better understand what's going on with these
animals, we work closely with researchers from NOAA's National Marine Mammal
Laboratory to study the California sea lion
population as a whole.