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08 June 2009

Barksdale rats vs rats from Prop Joe's crew In fact, the Baltimore rat is so wedded to its home turf, typically an alley a few hundred feet long, that at the molecular level, an East Baltimore rat is distinct from a West Baltimore rat.

post by: gaspode at: 10:24 | 4 comments

That paper sounds neat. I'd like to read it, but it's not in our library catalog (yet?).

posted by mudpuppie 08 June | 11:01

I wonder if it's because of the inbreeding that they're different down to the DNA level. I've read a lot of rat breeders inbreed to keep certain traits in their rats. They'll inbreed several generations and the rats are as healthy as non-inbred rats. I find it fascinating that you can do that with rats yet other species are fucked up within a generation or two.

posted by deborah 08 June | 12:13

Wow. That's pretty amazing.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 June | 12:41

I wonder which ones will get thumbs first.

posted by MonkeyButter 08 June | 18:00

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