Comments on: Ick. The Super Bull https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: fenisha https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531360 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:18:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531360 GOTTDAYUUM! IS THAT POSSIBLE… lol

]]> By: Ian https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531359 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:44:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531359 That’s a lotta bull, Greg…!

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531358 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:37:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531358 “Would that be a Neanderthal? Sort of?”

The Neanderthal equivalent of a cow would be an aurochs, I guess. They were very big and very aggressive with the last one dying in the 17th century (through overhunting). They’ve tried recreating aurochsen through cross-breeding but it never worked that well.

]]> By: James Hanley https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531357 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:23:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531357 Any idea if this whippet has the same mutation?

]]> By: Luna_the_cat https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531356 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:05:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/19/ick-the-super-bull/#comment-531356 “Imagine this mutation in a human. ”

Why speculate when you can just go look?

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/350/26/2682.pdf
(If that link doesn’t work, try it from http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/350/26/2682 .)

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