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Cat genetics study - can you help?

21-01-2015 10:29am

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http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/cat-lovers-we-need-your-help-talk-to-us-about-fur-1.2071098

Do you have a cat or do you see cats rambling through your neighbourhood? Do you want to participate in a big study that will tell us a great deal about the cats that live in Ireland?
Today the Life Science page launches a national citizen science effort to learn more about the origins of our cats. It is a real science project that will deliver real data, but taking part could not be easier: all you have to do is tell us about a cat’s fur.
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“This is a really profound concept: genes that control for appearance,” says Professor Aoife McLysaght, who leads a research group at Trinity College Dublin looking at the evolutionary patterns in animal genomes.

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#2 21-01-2015 2:35pm

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Will be interesting to see the results

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