Fluorescent sow in China passes on modified 'green' genes to its offspring
Thursday, January 10, 2008
BEIJING -- A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.
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