Sentences with phrase «mouse lemur»

Before humans diverged from their common ancestor with the mouse lemur, the human genome had lost approximately 275 kb (S20 Fig), and before mice had diverged from their common ancestor with the pika, the mouse genome had lost approximately 450 kb (S20 Fig).

The first discovery was made when scientists analysed morphological, genetic and behavioural data from distinct populations of what they thought was the giant mouse lemur.

By the end of the summer, the interns had come up with the mouse lemur, which fits all the necessary criteria: Like mice, these animals are small (about twice the size of a mouse), develop quickly, reproduce rapidly, produce many offspring, and are inexpensive and easy to maintain and manage.

The mouse lemur — the world's smallest primate — has the potential to transform the field of genetics and serve as an ideal model for a wide range of primate biology, behavior and medicine, including cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers say.

Frustrated by the lack of a good study model, Krasnow and his colleagues turned to the mouse lemur and began conducting detailed physiologic and genetic studies on hundreds of these petite, docile creatures in the rainforests of Madagascar.

A Goodman's mouse lemur, named for study co-author Steve Goodman, was one of the species studied.

That may explain the absurd size of the gonads of the male mouse lemur, seen above.

The northern giant mouse lemur has the biggest balls of the primate world, compared to body size, and seems to have sex all the time, doing without mating seasons

The gray mouse lemur is the closest living approximation of the evolutionarily primitive primates discovered in the Vastan Mine in India's state of Gujarat.

The gray mouse lemur has something in common with us — and it's not something good.

To study this question, the researchers focused on the grey mouse lemur, a small primate whose lifespan (around twelves years) makes it a very good model for the study of aging.

Not exact matches

At least twenty - five plants and animals observed during the survey are new records for Penang or peninsular Malaysia, including the Sunda colugo or flying lemur, the red giant flying squirrel, the long - tailed giant rat, the Indomalayan niviventer, the lesser mouse deer, and species of ground squirrels, birds, bacteria, bats, ants, orchids, flies, frogs, mosquitoes, and microscopic water bears.

«When we analyzed the mouse lemurs» DNA, we were able to see genetic similarities between lemur species that are closely related but today live far apart from each other.

Azoospermia in mice with targeted disruption of the Brek / Lmtk2 (brain - enriched kinase / lemur tyrosine kinase 2) gene.

Mosquito (Aedes aegypti), Honeybee (Apis mellifera), Beetle (Tribolium castaneum), Wasp (Nasonia vitripennis), SMonkey (Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri sciureus), Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), Tamarin (Saquinus Oedipus), mouse (Mus musculus), Rat (Rattus norvegicus), Lemur (Microcebus murinus), Human (Homo sapiens) Frog (Xenopus laevis), Chimp (Pan troglodytes) PChimp (Pygmy Chimp, Pan paniscus), RMonkey (Rhesus Monkey, Macaca mulatta), Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), Microbat (Myotis lucifugus), GuineaPig (Cavia porcellus), Dog (Canis familiaris), Cow (Bos Taurus), Horse (Equus caballus), Bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii), Playtypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).

XL Frog (Xenopus laevis), XT Frog (Xenopus tropicalis), Cow (Bos taurus), Human (Homo sapiens), PP Chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), PT Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), SS Monkey (squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus), RhesusMonkey (Macaca mulatta), Rat (Rattus norvegicus), mouse (Mus musculus), chick (Gallus gallus), DR Zebrafish (Danio rerio), OL Killifish (Oryzias latipes), MM Lemur (Microcebus murinus), SO tamarin (Saguinus Oedipus), LS Seabass (Lates calcarifer), RP Frog (Rana pipiens), CP Newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster), CF Dog (Canis familiaris), EE Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), Opossum (Monodelphis domestica), Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus), Bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii), SA Shrew (Sorex araneus), TB Shrew (Tupaia Belangeri), FuguFish (Takifugu rubripes).

A monkey is not a failed ape, a lemur is not a failed monkey, a mouse is not a failed primate, a fish is not a failed mammal (and as I shall show you later, there is no such thing as a fish) and insects, nematode worms, corals and priapulids are not failed vertebrates.