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27 Aug 2008, 8:22 am

New Scientist Article



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27 Aug 2008, 8:35 am

yay, i want one.


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27 Aug 2008, 12:39 pm

But what is a BTBR mouse? What does that mean? What makes the BTBR mouse different from "regular" mouses?

Its a simple question really, what is a BTBR mouse?



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27 Aug 2008, 7:54 pm

grain-and-field wrote:
But what is a BTBR mouse? What does that mean? What makes the BTBR mouse different from "regular" mouses?

Its a simple question really, what is a BTBR mouse?


BTBR is a genetic strain generated by inbreeding mice to strengthen genetic traits.
Many, many different genetic strains of mice are bread so different traits can be studied.
The details of this (BTBR) strain can be found HERE



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27 Aug 2008, 8:09 pm

Great, next we'll have bi polar mice



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28 Aug 2008, 8:14 am

well, the study is nonsense. So a mouse strain uses 4 "sounds" instead of 10....so what?

This mouse studys dont reveal anything about autism.



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30 Aug 2008, 4:22 pm

grain-and-field wrote:
well, the study is nonsense. So a mouse strain uses 4 "sounds" instead of 10....so what?

This mouse studys dont reveal anything about autism.

1. The mice have a problem with communication.
2. Autism is a problem with communication.
Therefore, the mice are autistic.
:shrug:

The logic works, I guess. It's hard to tell with that news article.


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