Dichotomous Inverts

By evolgen on May 4, 2008.

Kevin has posted the newest Circus of the Spineless at Deep See ~~Nudes~~ News. Go get your monthly fix of inverts.

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Scientists Create Green Mouse for St. Paddy’s Day!

So maybe that is a bit inaccurate but this glow in the dark mouse is real and was created to aid in cancer research. It's called a florescent nude transgenic mouse.

Nude hairless mouse with a human ear on its back

I gave a talk to some folks at UBC's School of Music this past weekend, on biology, genetics and the odd reference to music. One of things I mentioned (with an auditary theme) was the interesting case of the use of Nude mice as vectors for the production of human ears (image below).

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Are you going to blog dressed or in the nude?

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