$ T$ @3 `& V0 ^5 u9 {$ J7 X ! X2 J* J, P, r! z" I: u, n& YA glowing bunny sounds like a creature from Jefferson Airplane’s psychedelic-laced song, “White Rabbit,” but real fluorescent rabbits were recently born at the University of Istanbul, Turkey.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 z; m1 a6 S& t6 C
Rabbits join a growing list of fluorescent fur-bearers. Genetic engineers have created glowing dogs, cats, pigs and mice by inserting a gene from a jellyfish into the mammals’ DNA. The jellyfish gene codes for a protein that emits light when exposed to ultraviolet light. . F6 x# b9 @- M8 }5 A* BTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The jellyfish gene adds an obvious physical change to an engineered animal. This allows scientists to know that genetic material successfully transferred into a new organism. 3 q* q, w' }% t4 }5 U8 L( f' [# _os.tvboxnow.comFor example, when Mayo Clinic researchers genetically engineered cats to carry a protein that defends the animals from infection by the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV, the cat version of HIV), the scientists added the fluorescent gene along with the FIV-resistance gene. That way they knew that any cat that fluoresced also carried protein protection against FIV, a trait that would otherwise be invisible. ' m( c6 i* Y) @3 a. Y3 b( By Tim Wall Published August 15, 2013 Discovery News ). j5 |: H* G2 d0 M5 o. l% v$ K/ U