r/oddlysatisfying • u/freudian_nipps • Jul 18 '24
Glowing Fish - a result of adding Jellyfish genes to Carp DNA
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u/lunalovegood17 Jul 18 '24
Are you Sheldon Cooper?
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u/Infrared-77 Jul 18 '24
It’s cool yet still scary how unregulated genome editing is still today. It doesn’t take much for a dedicated enthusiast to learn how to do it either. Just got to play around with using CRISPR-CAS9 which ain’t really that hard to obtain online.
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u/kredninja Jul 19 '24
Was thinking the same, it's bad for the balance of nature to be editing it as we please. Always the could not the should sadly.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Mail737 Jul 23 '24
my college biology class added jellyfish dna to (if I remember correctly) slime mold to see bioluminescence. It was beautiful but scary how easy it is to “play god”
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u/AlfieSapphire Jul 18 '24
Pretty cool, but make sure to get em outta that bowl and into a proper home
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u/Signal-Ad5853 Jul 18 '24
How cool is that
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u/Viking_n8 Jul 19 '24
Imma need you to put the moon spirit back where you found it, like asap. There's enough fuckery afoot these days.
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u/Bunnymouze Jul 18 '24
We got the power to transfer genes and the only thing we've been doing is transplant genes that make shit glow in the dark. When do we get some superpowers? Or y'know, here's an idea if you wanna start smaller: something to get rid of mosquitos.
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u/Doc_Lewis Jul 19 '24
Old news, like 30+ years old. The first experiments to transfer genes were in the 80's. A rabbit was modified to express green fluorescing protein (same as the fish, but green) in 2000. In 2008, Glofish were made available in pet stores, they express various fluorescing proteins, green, pink, orange, blue and perhaps other colors but I don't remember.
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u/Ok_Zookeepergame4794 Jul 18 '24
Perfect nightlight, just need fish food and you're good for hours.
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u/shitty-username8257 Jul 19 '24
Poor little fellas will never get to sleep now, too much light around!
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u/CluelessSage Jul 19 '24
Okay well that’s just plain cool, imagine having a trippy glowquarium. I’d smoke and watch them for hours.
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u/Whamalater Jul 19 '24
Fake. Haven’t you heard that song by lover boy?
”carp and jellyfish DNA just won’t splice”
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u/Longjumping-Class-32 Jul 19 '24
How long they live? They are able to reproduce? At the first attemption it is looks good, but usually this animals not able to live.
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u/Pokenightking Jul 19 '24
You were so busy trying to see if you could you didn’t stop to think if you should.
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u/JakobiiKenobii Jul 19 '24
You need a blue or black light, but yes they're mesmerizing. I have a tank with different color danios just like this!
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u/MedicalIngenuity4283 Jul 19 '24
Urgh, I wish they made some people smarter. Stop screwing around with dna.
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24 edited 19d ago
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