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• Horses
  Veterinary Medicine
  Mammals
  Animals
  Dogs
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Morgan horse

  The Morgan is one of the first horse breeds developed in the United States. Tracing back to Figure, the breed excels in many disciplines, and is known for its versatility. The Morgan is compact and ... > more
• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Veterinary Medicine
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
  Food
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Cattle

  Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy ... > more
• Mammals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Prions
  Microbes and More
  Animals
   
  

  Bighorn Sheep

  Bighorn Sheep is a species of sheep in North America with two endangered subspecies, Desert Bighorn Sheep and California Bighorn Sheep. Bighorn Sheep are named for the large, curved horns borne by ... > more
• Animals
  Social Psychology
  Intelligence
  Dogs
  Autism
  Apes
   
  

  Mirror test

  The mirror test is a measure of self-awareness developed by Gordon Gallup Jr in 1970. The test gauges self-awareness by determining whether an animal can recognize its own reflection in a mirror as ... > more
• Microbes and More
  Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  Bacteria
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Anthrax

  Anthrax, also referred to as splenic fever, is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis and is highly lethal in some forms. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and ... > more
• Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Veterinary Medicine
  Genetics
  Biology
  Cell Biology
   
  

  Dolly the Sheep

  Dolly (July 5, 1996 - February 14, 2003), a ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was cloned at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, and lived ... > more
• Genes
  Gene Therapy
  Biochemistry Research
  Genetics
  Healthy Aging
  Human Biology
   

  Vector (biology)

  Traditionally in medicine, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. Species of mosquito, for example, ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Life Sciences
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Cloning
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Myosin

  Myosins are a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues. They are responsible for actin-based motility. Most myosin molecules are composed of both a head and a tail domain. The head ... > more
• Genes
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Genetics
   

  Trait (biology)

  In biology, a trait or character is a feature of an organism. The term phenotype is sometimes used as a synonym for trait in common use, but strictly speaking, does not indicate the trait, but the ... > more
• Biochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Biochemistry Research
   
  

  Denaturation (biochemistry)

  Denaturation is the alteration of a protein shape through some form of external stress (for example, by applying heat, acid or alkali), in such a way that it will no longer be able to carry out its ... > more
• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Sports Medicine
  Mammals
  Healthy Aging
  Nutrition
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Domestic goat

  The domestic goat is a domesticated subspecies of the Wild Goat. Domestic goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. For thousands of years, they have been utilized for their milk, meat, hair, ... > more
• Birds
  Fish
  New Species
  Nature
  Marine Biology
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Seabird

  Seabirds are birds that spend much of their lives, outside the breeding season at least, at sea. Whilst the seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking ... > more

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