INITIAL SURVEY OF PLA2G6 MISSENSE VARIANT CAUSING NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY IN PAPILLON DOGS IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

Initial survey of PLA2G6 missense variant causing neuroaxonal dystrophy in Papillon dogs in North America and Europe

Abstract Background An autosomal recessive, rapidly progressive degenerative neuropathy known as infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (NAD) was originally reported in Papillion puppies in 1995.In 2015, a causative missense variant in the PLA2G6 gene was identified in three affected puppies.Archived samples from Papillons clinically diagnosed with NAD pr

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Primate Sex and Its Role in Pleasure, Dominance and Communication

Sexual intercourse in the animal kingdom functions to enable reproduction.However, we now know that several species of non-human primates regularly engage in sex outside of the times when conception is possible.In addition, homosexual and immature sex are not Airliner Model Kits as uncommon as were once believed.This suggests that sex also has impo

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