[NAGDU] Hunger gene

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Wow, Tracy. I think Aristotle has that, too.

He thinks about food and gains weight! Glad TSE is looking into that gene.

Lyn and Aristotle

On Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 10:11 AM Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Catching up with the TSE conference call, where there was some discussion
> of
> a gene in labs that makes them ravenously hungry.  I thought at first it
> was
> an April Fools, but apparently not.  If a lab has 2 copies of the hungry
> gene, it's always hungry and has a slow metabolism, so it gains weight
> easily.  TSE started monitoring for it in 2020.
>
> I suspect Krokus has it.  He's always looking for food.  I think he's the
> hungriest dog I've ever known.
>
> So, there you go.  Learn something every day.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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