Record #:

25874

Author(s):

Whitmarsh, Sarah

Abstract:

Geographer Aaron Moody and his doctoral student Anne Trainor are studying rare and endangered species at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina. They focus on species dispersal to learn how populations interact, and how new populations form as species move to new breeding sites.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p16-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25803

Author(s):

Whitmarsh, Sarah

Abstract:

Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena and his colleagues discovered that the most common types of lab mice studied today represent only a fraction of the genetic diversity found in mouse populations. This could be problematic because many diseases require the ability to study complex and diverse DNA sequences.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 2, Winter 2008, p16-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Genetics--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research