Sentences with phrase «only wild mice»

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Although they may live up to two years in the lab, the average mouse in the wild lives only about 3 months, primarily due to heavy predation.

Looking further into the intestinal crypts of both the transgenic and wild - type mice, the research team made what they consider a surprising finding: Not only was HMGA1 causing the stem cells themselves to self - renew or proliferate more rapidly in the transgenic animals, but it was also increasing the number of Paneth cells, a type of niche cell known to support intestinal stem cells.

In contrast, irradiated p21 - deficient mice survived longer than irradiated wild - type mice, and only one - third (32 %) of them developed tumors (Table 3 ⇓; Fig. 3 ⇓).

Only 6 of the 30 wild - type mice (20 %) died during the course of this study because of fights or undetermined causes (five cases) and, in one case, because of a thymic lymphoma.

Progranulin values were generally normalized to the wild - type sedentary control group, except in Figure 4, which included only Grn + / − mice.

After extensively characterizing the 47 - kb deleted region and flanking sequences from the wild - type mouse genome, we found evidence for only one gene sequence in the deleted region.

In the wild, cats eat prey like mice, which are made of about 70 percent water, says Donna Solomon, D.V.M.. Most canned foods contain at least 75 percent water, while dry foods contain only about 10 percent.

Normally, across species, larger mammals live longer than their smaller counterparts; for instance, elephants can get up to 70 years old in the wild, while house mice reach only 4 years.

Practical cats are those who only kill pests like house mice, rats and the occasional wild voles or shrews that find their way inside our homes and other buildings.

There's a variety of rides including brand new Plunge - the Sunshine Coast's only water ride, new water play area Leak»n Logs, thrill ride Redback, Giant Slide, Wild Mouse Rollercoaster, Dodgems, Mini Golf, Ferris Wheel, Bizzy Buggies, and the classic Swinging Ship and Octopus ride.

Wild mice live up to five years in captivity but only about 6 months in the wild mostly due to predatWild mice live up to five years in captivity but only about 6 months in the wild mostly due to predatwild mostly due to predation.