But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange ... The results were striking. Baby mice with the human gene squeaked differently when calling for their mothers. Adult males, courting females ...

Remarkably, the genetic tweak had a profound impact on the little rodents' ability to squeak, revealing astonishing ... of sounds than usual. “All baby mice make ultrasonic squeaks to their ...

Overall, their squeaks were more complex, and the squeaking patterns became more intricate. Even baby mice calling to their mothers produced new sequences of sounds. “All baby mice make ...

The genetically modified mice started to squeak differently to the mice without the gene. Genetically modified baby mice that were separated from their mothers made very distinctly different ...

Mice carrying a gene variant present in nearly every human on Earth — but not in extinct relatives including Neanderthals — produce more-complex chirps than normal rodents do 1. The finding ...

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language. How a uniquely human genetic tweak changed the voices ...

NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: If someone asked you what kind of sound a mouse makes, you'd probably go, squeak. But mice also make some sounds in the ultrasonic range that humans can't hear.