Police raided the Peking duck

Wednesday, 5 June 2013,  clock updated at 21:42 0 times on facebook shared (external link, popup) shared 0 times on Twitter (external link, popup) 0 times shared on Google (external link, popup) SRF 0 Likes
In a Switzerland-wide coordinated major action the police have also checked Asian Catering establishments in Canton Zurich. The action is directed against a Chinese tractor network.

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genetic heritage of the "Peking Duck" decrypted

An international team of scientists under Chinese leadership has deciphered the genetic material of the mallard ("Anas platyrchynchos"). Especially important to the results of their immune system genes could be because ducks are a classic reservoir for influenza viruses.

The study:
"The duck genome and transcriptome to Provide insight into avian influenza virus reservoir species" of Yinhua Huang and colleagues is on 9.6. in "Nature Genetics" appeared.
Yinhua by Huang State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology in Hong Kong and his colleagues report in their study that the ducks are genetically well adapted to survive infection with influenza A viruses.

Franc wine for Peking Duck

With the representative of the Franks in the world, it is badly gone down the drain, since the Guttenberg saying goodbye to the covers and went into self-imposed exile in America. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich is good as well as his Bavarian counterpart Joachim Herrmann ex officio not quite to people from, say, Romania, Chechnya and Somalia to convince them of the Franconian hospitality. And Lothar Matthäus indeed come around a lot in the world, but many Herzogenauracher would prefer if one could not even listen so much to the ex-football player who stands out more as a companion changing significantly younger women today where he comes from. Even when he speaks English. And right of celebrities such as cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and actress Sandra Bullock again hardly anyone knows that they spent their childhood in Franconia.