https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/01/09/lysenko-would-be-so-proud/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/01/09/lysenko-would-be-so-proud/#comment-2695 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:16:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/01/09/lysenko-would-be-so-proud/#comment-2695 Somatic cell nuclear transfer means that an egg cell has its nuclear material replaced with the nucleus of a somatic cell. It is then given a shock that stimulates it to reprogram the nuclear material to that of an egg nucleus and it then begins to divide to become a blastocyst. Gametes are derived from tissues originating from blastocyst cells so there should be no real surprise that the resultant animal produces gametes containing the gene. I would presume the distribution of the gene in the fluorescent piglets was the same as the parent – although the copy number and expression may be different since the fluorescent sow was mated with a non fluorescent boar.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/01/09/lysenko-would-be-so-proud/#comment-2694 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:00:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/01/09/lysenko-would-be-so-proud/#comment-2694 The more important question: can we get glow in the dark pork chops now? I can see trendy restaurants jumping on this bandwagon.

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