02-23-2006, 01:08 PM
Quote:Chicken will grow teeth when pigs can fly.
Well, better start searching the skies for flying pork scientists have discovered a mutant chicken with a full set of crocodile-like chompers...
"What we discovered were teeth similar to those of crocodiles not surprising as birds are the closest living relatives of the reptile," said Mark Ferguson of the University of Manchester in England...
full article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185704,00.html
Quote:Chickens born with a mutated gene associated with tooth development were coaxed by researchers into growing functioning teeth, according to a paper published in this week's Current Biology...
The unusual feat represents the first evidence for tooth development in birds without grafts or tissue manipulation...
full article: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/200...n_ani.html
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