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
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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