The original Mus

Researchers zero in on the Indian subcontinent as the possible birthplace of that most evasive of pesky mammals - the house mouse

Rat chronicles

The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash -- one of that rare breed: a rat …

Mautak will flower

In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…

Plagueing policies

The sleepy saw-scaled viper

Largely nocturnal, this brown snake is seen under rocks and fallen logs

Even the mice won't eat

Tests on mice prove that GM food might be more suspect than lobbyists would have us believe

Rats!

Another mammal

A gene that follows its own drum-beat

A team of Russian scientists have found in mice a gene, which, unlike others, decides when to express itself

Blindsight?

What appear to be vestigial or redundant organs need not be so, as the Spalax ehrenberghi teaches us

Rodents on rampage

Agouti : the prolific gene

A gene that determines coat colours in mice and affects cellular calcium might hold valuable clues to understanding human ailments like obesity

The empire strikes back

Despite the progress in medical science, many old and new diseases seem to dodge us. Microbes which we bade farewell to, are raising their ugly …

The hanta phantom

Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus - one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times - in Gujarat

The rat connection

Mouse make up

Mice are genetically similar to humans

Rattled

Rats offer clue for human cancer treatment

A technique developed to fight tumours in rats may one day be used to treat humans

Bandicoots bared

THAILAND

New route for inherited diseases

Changes outside the genetic material can last generations

Lab manual

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Rats on the rampage

Born in a dish

The birth of a mouse in a petri dish -the end result of the use of an effective technique to manipulate oocytes -heralds a new era in …

Fat chance