Research links osteoporosis and 'bloodless' icefish
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 16:28
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists face the major challenge of understanding genetic and environmental risk factors underlying human diseases. Surprisingly, animal species in the wild have sometimes acquired the characteristics of a human disease through evolution.
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