MetaFilter posts tagged with genetics and animals

The Savage Cabbit

ph00dz — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:11:51 -0800

Sure... the liger has been getting all the cross-species press lately (with the jackalope getting a close second), but what about the growing menace of the cabbit?

Challenging Darwin: Is sex really all about the genes?

dnash — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:49:23 -0800

Author challenges Darwin's theory of "sexual selection." To Darwin, mutations that don't enhance survival, like peacocks' tails, must be aids to attracting mates to pass on genes. Homosexuality, therefore, is to Darwin and the Christian-right both an unnatural aberration. But with ever growing evidence of homsexual behavior in animals, from bonobos to penguins, isn't it time that Darwin's theory get replaced?

Trans Ova Genetics: Pharming Cows

hobbes — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:05:17 -0800

In lieu of today's posts on GM foods and meat, Trans Ova Genetics is pharming cows in hopes of creating one capable of adminstering human antibodies.

Dolly's gone

111 — Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:41:02 -0800

Dolly is dead. "The type of lung disease Dolly developed is most common in older sheep. And in January 2002, it was revealed that Dolly had developed arthritis prematurely. She was cloned using a cell taken from a healthy six-year-old sheep, and was born on 5 July 1996 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland."