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The USAG-1 protein has a high amino acid homology of 97% between different animal species, including humans, mice, and beagles. I have 0 knowledge in this area
by graypegg 2y ago
The USAG-1 protein has a high amino acid homology of 97% between different animal species, including humans, mice, and beagles.
I have 0 knowledge in this area, just curious, but are beagles specifically close to human physiology for the purposes of testing this treatment? I would’ve thought any dog breed is going to be like any other dog breed.
- gorkish 2y agoThey had to find a breed that is, on average, as intelligent as an average human. Animal model optimality, and all that. Border collies were too smart so they had to use beagles.
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- JSR_FDED 2y agoThat’s part of it. The other reason is that it’s really easy to pry Beagles away from their owners. Or put differently, it’s the reason you just can’t get enough Labradors.