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Animal Population Groups
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Animals grouped according to ecological, morphological or genetic populations. |
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GEN; prefer specifics; /surg: consider also SURGERY, VETERINARY |
Animal Population Groups Categories.
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Animals, Domestic - Animals which have become adapted through breeding in captivity to a life intimately associated with man. They include animals domesticated by man to live and breed in a tame condition on farms or ranches (e.g., horses, cattle, sheep) and those raised or kept for pleasure and companionship (e.g., dogs, cats, horses). |
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Animals, Genetically Modified - ANIMALS whose GENOME has been altered by GENETIC ENGINEERING, or their offspring. |
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Animals, Inbred Strains - Animals produced by the mating of littermates or siblings over multiple generations. The resultant strain of animals is virtually identical genotypically. Highly inbred animal lines allow the study of certain traits in a relatively pure form. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) |
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Animals, Laboratory |
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Animals, Newborn |
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Animals, Outbred Strains - Animals that are generated from breeding two genetically dissimilar strains of the same species. |
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Animals, Poisonous |
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Animals, Suckling - Young, unweaned mammals. Refers to nursing animals whether nourished by their biological mother, foster mother, or bottle fed. |
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Animals, Wild - Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which ANIMALS, ZOO is available. |
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Animals, Zoo |
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Chimera - An individual that contains cell populations derived from different zygotes. |
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Organisms, Genetically Modified - Organisms whose GENOME has been changed by a GENETIC ENGINEERING technique. |
Animal Population Groups Definitions and Terms
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