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will start to produce the vaccine up to a million doses per month.

Also in the near future, IPB Shigeta will start to build a new factory with capacity of 100 million doses per month for chickens," Nishio said.The company is a joint venture between Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and Japan's Shigeta Animal Pharmaceuticals.

Its plant is located near the university's campus in Bogor south of Jakarta.Reverse While it can protect poultry it could leave them carriers of the virus without showing symptoms and could also make it easier for bird flu to mutate and endanger people.H5N1 has killed 20 people in Indonesia, while infections in birds have been found in 26 ...

One of the genes identified, called microfibril-associated glycoprotein 4 (magp4), is known to cause a disease called Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) in humans.

Smith-Magenis Syndrome causes facial defects, and further studies on the cichlids showed that the magp4 gene was being expressed in the jaws of cichlid fry, and that different species such as Paralabidochromis (Haplochromis) chilotes and Paralabidochromis (Haplochromis) sp.

"Rock Kribensis" differed in the way the gene worked.

They believe the gene might be the one responsible for the diversification of the cichlid jaw that has led to the adaptive radiation of these fish.

Previous scientists have said that the jaw and pharyngeal area of cichlids represents a key evolutionary innovation.

The jaw and pharyngeal area is one of the most important anatomical features in cichlid systematics.

For more information see: Kobayashi N, Watanabe M, Kijimoto T, Fujimura K, Nakazawa M, Ikeo K, Kohara Y, Gojobori T, Okada N (In press) - magp4 gene may contribute to the diversification of cichlid morphs and their speciation.

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