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Going ham: Researchers make hamsters aggressive through gene manipulation

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published May 21, 2022 8:08pm ET
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Going ham: Researchers make hamsters aggressive through gene manipulation
Some rodents hammed up their aggressiveness when subjected to gene manipulation, a university found in a recently published study. Georgia State University used the DNA-splicing tool CRISPR to eliminate the genetic receptor that researchers previously knew affected the regulation of social behavior known as Avpr1a. This receptor controls vasopressin action, and its removal results in […]

Some rodents hammed up their aggressiveness when subjected to gene manipulation, a university found in a recently published study.

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