The house mouse, Mus musculus, is a small rodent and a classic vertebrate model organism for basic and biomedical research. It is attractive due to the existence of many well-characterized strains, ...

Over the past century, genetic studies of model organisms have elucidated numerous genes, their functions and their association with human disease. The most widely used model mammalian system is the ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms, as ...

We all know Auld Lang Syne from bleary-eyed New Year’s Eve renditions, but have you ever wondered exactly what the words mean, and where they come from? And what about the tune? Most of us will know ...

At the end of the guide we’ve outlined some important questions to ask when looking for a gaming mouse on your own. And as always, we’ll update this guide with new recommendations as we get hands on ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/2407342 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/2407342 Copy URL This item is part of a JSTOR Collection.

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kindia, Kindia, Republic of Guinea. 2 Laboratory of Applied Research in Natural Sciences, University of Kindia, Kindia, Republic of Guinea.