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The world of dog is not alien powers to DNA. He has also used its "services" for many years. And this, in two major areas of application: the detection of genetic diseases on the one hand, and the parentage of the other.
350 genetic diseases in dogs
There are about 350 dogs hereditary [...]

 
One million dollars per day, or 750,000 euros. Such is the cost of operations by Total to plug the leak on board its platform Elgin, North Sea, said Monday its chief financial officer Patrick de la Chevardière. Added to this bill a loss of $ 1.5 million each day (1.12 million) which corresponds to [...]

 
Italy is close to a historic agreement to reform the labor law, but negotiations stumble in the home straight on the amendment of Article 18 governing the right of dismissal.
Council President Mario Monti today convenes unions and employers for a new round he would have liked, if not definitive, at least open [...]

 
The carbon tax decided by the Europeans could threaten 20% of the production of large aircraft – the A 330 and A 380 – Airbus alert Louis Welsh, CEO of EADS, the parent company of Airbus.
There are already industrial consequences that amount to retaliation. The Chinese government has frozen any decision acquisitions [...]

 
The chair of the Digital Economy Paris-Dauphine University launches its new Thursday night barometer of the digital economy. Made with Médiamétrie each quarter, the barometer measuring various indicators of the digital equipment of households, while taking stock of current issues.
While the beginning of the year 2012 was marked by the arrival of [...]

 
LE FIGARO. – Your mission in the Ministry of Agriculture will soon end, what measures are you most satisfied?
Bruno Le Maire. – I am proud to have initiated the Battle of regulation in Europe and having secured the CAP budget. I do not regret the hundreds of hours of negotiations that allowed [...]

 
The bitter pill is for Alan Scott, the ophthalmologist at the origin of Botox. In an interview with Times of India, he confesses sincerely regret having sold the rights to the botulinum toxin in the laboratory Allergan in 1991 to U.S. $ 4.5 million (3.02 million). Millions of women, foremost among which the biggest [...]

After finishing stable Friday night, the U.S. equity markets again start their week under the sign of prudence. In the wake of the Asian and European stock exchanges, Wall Street ended in the red on Monday. The Dow Jones lost 2.26% to 11,955.01 points, the Nasdaq drops 1.93% to 2684.41 points and the S [...]

European politicians finally seem on the verge of their act together on the Greek case and the measures to try to resist contagion. The prospect of a consensus at the summit of October 23 has heightened expectations of financial marcéhs Wednesday.
The signal came from Paris, where the government is out of the [...]

The McCafe want to invite in everyday French. Since Monday, the cafes in the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's offer a new range of breakfast at the French, as announced in August the Figarofin. With the "Spread McCafé" chain now offers two rolls, a jar of jam, a pat of butter and a hot [...]