S. China tigers face gene deterioration
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- The South China Tiger is listed as one of the ten most endangered animals by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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Health officials in Thailand are to cull dozens of tigers at a private zoo to stem an outbreak of bird flu among the big cats. As many as 80 could be killed after seven tigers died, raising the death toll at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo to 30.
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WUGONG LAKE, China -- Perched above the banks of the catfish farm he owns is Zhu Zhiqiu's secret weapon for breeding healthy fish: the medicine shed. Inside are iodine bottles, vitamin packets and Chinese herbal concoctions that he claims substitute for antibiotics.
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A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs
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For centuries the Tsaatan people have roamed Mongolia with the reindeer that provide their livelihood. But disease and inbreeding now threaten their herds&#151;and cultural future. With photo gallery.
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A mutation in mitochondrial DNA passed down from mother to child has now been linked to metabolic syndrome, a collection of traits that includes, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity and insulin resistance.
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Three teams of scientists have  identified a genetic mutation that is linked to about 5 percent  of inherited cases of Parkinson's disease.
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In a blow to human vanity, researchers now say that people have about the same number of genes as a small flowering plant or a tiny worm. The new estimate is down sharply from just three years ago.
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The bird flu epidemic which has killed 31 people in Southeast Asia so far this year, may have also killed 23 tigers at a zoo in eastern Thailand, according to officials in Thailand.
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A joint China-Hong Kong research team says it has found a genetic link between SARS in civet cats and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species, state media said on Thursday.
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This is more than a stunt, South Korean scientists say, promising that successful gene manipulation in felines will open the door to advances in human genetic research.
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DNA analysis of bison fossils suggests climate and environmental change, not human hunters, triggered herd declines and the extinction of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and other large mammals in Siberia and North America.
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The world's tiger population has plummeted by 95 percent from the start of the 20th century to as few as 5,000 now and is further threatened by the lucrative trade in their skins, officials told a forum Friday.
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The Chinese Government says tests have found that its pigs are clear of a highly virulent strain of bird flu. The statement comes several days after a Chinese scientist said cases of the H5N1 strain of the
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A single gene fault could hold the key to a range of disorders linked to heart disease and stroke, a study has found.
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India's population of wild tigers, which wildlife experts have long warned is on the decline, is dramatically lower than previously believed, according to initial results from an exhaustive study of tiger habitats released Wednesday.
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China is gearing up to dominate the genetically modified crop game. And the West is increasingly worried about monitoring these products around the globe