Humans Accelerate Evolution More Than Thought: Pig Skulls Have Changed Shape
Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...
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Boosting evolution: How humans unintentionally altered the skulls of pigs
Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...
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Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Hit Long-Awaited Testing Milestone
Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...
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Selective breeding has dramatically sped up the evolution of pigs
German pig skulls changed significantly due to selective breeding. Scientists found shorter snouts and flatter foreheads in ...
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Boosting evolution: How humans unintentionally altered the skulls of pigs
Humans have been keeping pigs as livestock for several ... explains Dr Renate Schafberg, Head of the Domestic Animal Collection at MLU. For the current study, she and Dr Ashleigh Haruda from ...