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Transgenics
Medical Milestones in NC
Scientific Names
What's in a Name?
Oh, Rats!
100
The scientific word for a family tree
What is pedigree?
100
Always on the cutting edge of medical science, this medical center was the place where the first liver transplant was performed in 1984.
What is Duke University Medical Center?
100
Ovis aries
What is the domestic sheep?
100
*In these clues I will give you the common name and you give me the scientific name.* Rat
What is Rattus norvegicus?
100
Long-Evans rats are also called this because its white fur is usually intermingled with patches of black, and its head is usually black.
What is the hooded rat.
200
The first filial generation; the offspring of an outcross between brother-sister matings
What is F1?
200
Born in 1872 in a prominent family, Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll graduated medical school in 1895 and later became the first woman to practice medicine in thisNorth Carolina city?
What is Raleigh?
200
sus scrofa
What is domesticated swine?
200
Mouse
What is Mus musculus?
200
This albino rat was developed at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.
What is the Wistar rat?
300
The physical manifestation of a genotype within an animal
What is Phenotype?
300
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sponsored its first medical school in 1879 with Dr. Thomas Harris as dean. In what year did the medical school go from a two-year to a four-year program?
What is 1954?
300
Felis catus
What is the domestic cat?
300
African clawed frog
What is Xenopus laevis?
300
The tears and saliva of rats contain a red or reddish-brown substance called this.
What is porphyrin?
400
This is found in the chromosomes inside every cell of your body. The messages chemically coded in these ladder-shaped strands pass on characteristics which are inherited from one generation to the next
What is DNA?
400
Dating to 1859, the North Carolina Medical Board is the oldest continuing medical regulatory board in the nation. According to the board's first Medical Practice Act, how much did a medical license cost when the organization was founded.
What is $10.
400
Oryctolagus cuniculus
What is the laboratory rabbit?
400
Horse
What is Equus caballus?
400
Rats are commonly fed and watered in this manner, which means that they have constant access to food and water.
What is ad libitum?
500
A group of newly born animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents
What is a litter?
500
January 12, 1896, saw the first X-ray picture made in the United States produced by three students at a Mecklenburg County college. The X-ray was of a cadaver's finger with various metal objects placed on and around it. The event took place at this university, whose first president was Robert Morrison.
What is Davidson College?
500
Cavia porcellus
What is the laboratory guinea pig?
500
Dog
What is Canis familiaris?
500
This distance in rats is about twice as great in the male as in the female.
What is the anogenital distance?