nature.com— Bizarre genetic tweak fools flies into mistaking light for unpleasant odours. The science team managed to change the fruitfly's odor receptors so that they respond to blue light instead of smells.
Jun 1, 2010View in Crawl 4
You're kind of comparing apples and oranges here. One is genetic modification in insects which quite honestly are not the easiest lab specimens to contain for obvious reasons. The examples you gave are all exploration related. Genetic modification is absolutely amazing and I think we should research it... not on insects though, it just has outbreak written all over it.
glintscollideJun 2, 2010
You're kind of comparing apples and oranges here. One is genetic modification in insects which quite honestly are not the easiest lab specimens to contain for obvious reasons. The examples you gave are all exploration related. Genetic modification is absolutely amazing and I think we should research it... not on insects though, it just has outbreak written all over it.
kinggorillaJun 2, 2010
they do some weird things to fruitflies. In a biology class I took they talked about a modified fruitfly that would grow feet where its eyes should be
chileheadJun 2, 2010
You've gotten lost and wandered into the general_sciences section. There's other areas for discussing politics and ranting in general.
killozapJun 3, 2010
what it's smelling is the hyperintelligent shade of blue
dischargeJun 3, 2010
WHERE'S PETA?? wait till PETA hears of this, you will be sorry!
copypastryJun 3, 2010
Did everything just taste purple for a second?