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James K. Galbraith, a constant critic of the profession (and a frequent contributor to the American Prospect ), urges economists to emulate "vibrant humanities faculties" in which "departments develop viciously opinionated, inbred, sometimes bitter and tyrannical but definitely exciting intellectual climates."
The inbred Dahl/Rapp rat is a genetic model of salt-sensitive hypertension [ 3 4 ] . On a diet containing 8.0% NaCl, young Dahl/Rapp salt-sensitive (S) rats rapidly and uniformly manifest low-renin hypertension and die from hypertensive nephrosclerosis within weeks of institution of the high-salt diet [ 5 ] . The pathology is identical to human hypertensive renal disease and consists of arteriolosclerosis, glomerulosclerosis, and interstitial scarring with tubular cell dropout.
It is the old-fashioned thinking that is inbred into print journalism--and it doesn't work in the new medium (thank goodness it doesn't).
A large fraction of candidate genes tested by quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) were found to vary significantly, even among individuals from inbred strains [ 32 ] . Another study reported analysis of inter-individual variations in gene expression in liver, testis and kidney of male C57B/6 mice using a 5000-spot microarray.
Since they are inbred and environment can be highly controlled, AKXD28 mice provide an experimental resource for examining the biological significance of gender for susceptibility to events that elevate IOP.