Their cells then intermingle and a normal mouse can develop.
Despite this, the mice develop normal brains before dying immediately after birth.
The mice did not develop cancer and lived a normal life span.
Live mice injected with toxin did not develop signs of paralysis for some 8 to 12 hours after the injection.
Currently no mice or rats have developed while in microgravity throughout the entire developmental cycle.
Sam68-/- mice did not develop tumors and showed no immunological or other major illnesses.
The result showed that although the mice mostly developed normally, on further brain development, glutamate receptors broke down.
She added that if these mice really did develop scrapie, their brains should be highly infectious.
On the face of it, the mouse developed normally.
Participants will also learn how the mouse developed from the bug - an evolution possible only in computer science.