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Re:Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male... by rimliu on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:06AM (#15755424)
Your friend's eye color is defined by some genes. You don't need a gene sequencer to see what they are.
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Re:Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male... by ajuc on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:13AM (#15755954)
(S)he can be wearing contact lens, though.

And the researchers can be taking drugs changing their smell, possibly changing the mice behaviour.

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Re:Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male... by simonh on Thursday November 23, 2017 @06:34AM (#15764408)
Right, but wehat you detect is the eye colour, not the genes that cause it. Similarly with the rats they detect the pheromones in a male's smell, not the XY chromosomes. So suggesting they detect the XY chromosomes isn't helpful.
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Re:Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male... by inciampati on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:57AM (#15755628)
To see the color you mean?
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Re:Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male... by vetinari on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:15AM (#15755962)
No, the color of irides.
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