To produce these animals, researchers inject fertilized mice eggs with foreign genes, and then place them in the uterus of a female mouse.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Mickey Mouse,of course is Walt Disney's famous animal drawn from movies, television and comic picture books.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings and open fields.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

And years when most of us still thought of a "mouse" as a small creature.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

For most people, the name Walt Disney conjures up images of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck,Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

There are also hats,scarves, magnets,mouse pads for computers, blankets,bookmarks,coffee cups, pens,and replicas of the Inukshuk stone statue that adorns the official Olympic logo.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

"And on that fateful trip from New York to Hollywood, Walt came up with the idea of using a mouse for his next cartoon character.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"I was in New York this year watching the Thanksgiving parade and here it was: Shrek,a big balloon just crossing in front of my window and behind him was Mickey Mouse.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

And he said to Lilly, 'What about Mickey Mouse?' And she said,' That's good, I think that will do just fine.' And that's how Mickey Mouse was born in 1928 on a train ride from New York to Hollywood."

VOA: standard.2010.02.26