Saturday, April 23, 2016

From the genetics of dog breeds to stress and reproduction

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The other morning I was talking to my husband in bed in an attempt to help him wake up. Me: So I ran into our friend who walks those three...
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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Science liveblogging: vasopressin in the stress response

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Why are puppy vaccination schedules so crazy?

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Next week I'm giving on a webinar about puppy vaccine schedules. I'm aiming the webinar at people who have to explain to puppy owner...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

Being the one who remembers: humane housing in shelters

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A cat who is clearly not in a shelter. Last night I wrote the first draft of a document on appropriate housing for shelter animals fo...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Dog parks: tools to be used for good or evil

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Dog parks can be valuable ways to exercise and socialize your dog. They can also be dangerous places where dogs can get hurt. And so we ask ...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Too many pairs: DNA, chromatin, and chromosomes

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Some facts: Molecules of DNA are double-stranded, each strand a perfect complementary copy of the other. Humans have 23 pairs of chromoso...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Science for the people

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One of my students in the online genetics class I’m teaching commented to me that it was a little sad that we were marketing the class as...