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Article on Hairless mutation, Marco Hernandez

MARCO HERNANDEZ has given his permission for me to post the following on my dogblog. It is a very good explanation of the hairless situation/mutation. He has given an English translation. Thank you, Marco.

Hello everyone.

When we hear the word mutation, our mind make us think about abnormal, horrible beings. However, altough, certainly not in such a spectacular way, mutations form pat of every living being´s normal life, even more, we all are mutants, how can this occur???

DNA is the molecule of heredity. Each time that a being repoduces or a cell multiplies in our tissues, Dna copies are created. This molecule can be described as a code or sequence, represented by letters: G, C, T. A. Every three letters a significant unit appears, thus we could have the following sequence: Continue reading Article on Hairless mutation, Marco Hernandez

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Please go to this link for several very interesting articles that were presented at the 30th World Congress of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association, May 11-14, 2005, Mexico Cith, Mexico.