Sentences with phrase «large white mouse»
The large white mouse carries this epigenetic change in some of its cells (brown marks) while the brown mouse carries it in all of its cells.
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Warmer winters, wetter and earlier springs (which expand the time during which ticks can pick up the disease), increased humidity, and greener environments can all contribute to the increased incidence of ticks and the growing populations of hosts, including large mammals like white - tailed deer; smaller ones such as white - footed mice, the principal carrier of Lyme disease; and many species of birds.
Twenty - four hours after the injection, the researchers saw large numbers of immune system white blood cells in tissue samples of the rodent brains near the site of injury of those mice injected with the cytokine IL - 1b, but not in the brain tissue of the control group of mice.
The researchers found that the mice responded to the parasite by shifting their immune system into high gear, producing large numbers of white blood cells.