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    Making Moorit: Determining the Molecular Basis for Brown Colored Sheep

    By Christian Posbergh and Heather Huson
    Backed by Marie Minnich, Edward D Wengryn, Teresa Davis, Julie Doerr, Mary Riordan O'Malley, Laura-Leigh Lane, Lynn Gregory Warmke, Cynthia Bartley, Betsy McPherson, Virginia Scholomiti, and 48 other backersNanette Nickerson, Lisa Polazzi, Judith Boice, Pitchfork Ranch, Donna Lofgren, Jayme Illes, Peg Kightlinger DiPastina, Melissa Emily, Christopher Michael Milazzo, Charlene Marsh Carlisle, Samantha Fancher, Linda Allen, Irina Böhme, Linda Rosen, Anne McIntyre-Lahner, Jackie Wengryn, Bobby Wengryn, Kelly Bell, Denny Luan, Sara Derushia-Bruzda, Karen Galle, Jordan Dood, Lindsay Oakes, Helen Ann Markewich, Victoria Hooker, Ockert Greyvenstein, Melody Wubbenhorst, Ramon Sukhai, Randy Thompson, Toshie Gomyo, Shaun Olsen, Eric Hallstead, Marie Wengryn Gantz-Hoerr, Shane Seger, David J. Fonte, Alex Valenti, Linda Tamasy, Jessica Casey, Samuel J. Howard, Ruth Sard, Cindy Wu, Christina Tran, Kate Fessenden McAndrews, John Lee, Christina Butler, Pureum Kim, Marla Ellestad, and Eric D. Walters
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    Cornell University
    Ithaca, New York
    BiologyEcology
    DOI: 10.18258/7375
    $5,551
    Raised of $5,000 Goal
    111%
    Funded on 8/31/16
    Successfully Funded
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    Lab Notes

    Tags:

    DNA extractionbloodSamplingmooritSheepmethodseumelaninbiochemistrymelaninhistorybreedsexplanation

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    Results!! (Long overdue update)
    January 23, 2018
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    • 9
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    Thank you!
    September 23, 2016
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    A Typical Sampling Visit
    August 18, 2016
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    Biochemistry of Brown
    August 17, 2016
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    • 2
    • 312
    Moorit in Sheep Breeds
    August 5, 2016
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