The difference between a doting dad and a deadbeat one may come down to a molecular switch in the brain — at least in African ...

C57BL/6 is one of the best characterized inbred strains of mice and is the reference strain for the mouse genome sequence 1. However, genetic manipulation of the mouse genome is carried out ...

Orlando Science Center is now home to a baby red-rumped agouti, an animal recently born inside the “Life” exhibit at the Loch Haven Park museum. The late July arrival was both a surprise and part of a ...

Most mammalian dads don’t stick around to help raise their offspring, leaving that job solely to their female mates. Even among the roughly three to five percent of mammal species in which males do ...

Princeton molecular biology and neuroscience researchers published findings revealing that the Agouti gene, which is found in humans as well as mice, can serve as an on-off switch for paternal ...

Of two genetically identical mice, how can one be small and another fat? Research on epigenetic changes resulting from the environment can give us clues into obesity in mice--and humans. For instance, ...

A specific brain region, dubbed a "parenting hub", has been linked to the diverse paternal behaviours of male mice. (Getty Images) A specific brain region, dubbed a "parenting hub", has been linked to ...

A male agouti made a brief escape from the National Zoo Monday night. Zoo officials say "Macadamia" escaped from his outdoor enclosure behind the Small Mammal House just after 7 p.m. The crafty rodent ...

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