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U.S. Gov't Grows Giant Mutant Trout
An anonymous reader writes "USDA scientists are genetically engineering trout that have three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two. Trout with three chromosome grow faster because they are unable to reproduce, and energy from the food they eat is shifted from reproduction to growth. No word on whether said trout produce more fish fingers than their non-Frankenstein brothers."
First you give me sea bass, mutated sea bass and now these? I asked for sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads, people!
I, for one, welcome our genetically engineering trout that have three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two Overlords.
Can I get the goverment to make a genetically-altered giant version
of all my other favorite foods too? (e.g. Twinkies)
I don't know...have they finished sequencing the Twinkie genome yet? ^_^
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Not only should we have giant genetically engineered food animals, but we should make them smart, just to tell God and anyone else who the new boss is.
I think you have your factoids and your triploids mixed up. Any basic genome expert knows that the tetratroids are attached to the bi-fiber hemmeroid layer, resulting in at least a factor of three increase in the simuloid sequencing. If you keep that in mind then the triploid vs biploid all makes sense.