Scientists insert a jellyfish gene into a rhesus monkey.
January 11, 2001 1:35 PM Subscribe
Scientists insert a jellyfish gene into a rhesus monkey. No word yet on how many asses the monkey has.
Sleepless in New Delhi: New glow in the dark monkeys mean even less sleep for harried legislators.
Hey, when can I get my very own glow-in-the-dark sacred monkey?
posted by xiffix at 2:05 PM on January 11, 2001
Hey, when can I get my very own glow-in-the-dark sacred monkey?
posted by xiffix at 2:05 PM on January 11, 2001
I think this explains G. W. Bush.
Why? How many asses does he have?
posted by jennyb at 2:07 PM on January 11, 2001
Why? How many asses does he have?
posted by jennyb at 2:07 PM on January 11, 2001
Are the days of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles finally upon us?!?!?
It's about time.
posted by Neb at 2:13 PM on January 11, 2001
It's about time.
posted by Neb at 2:13 PM on January 11, 2001
check the photo. only one ass, apparantly, but i wish they'd taken it with the lights out so we could see the neat "glow-in-the dark" effect.
this qualifies for inclusion in the Guinness Book of Strange and Disturbing Genetic Modifications, along with the mouse with a human ear and the infamous and creepy twisty-cats.
posted by varmint at 2:14 PM on January 11, 2001
this qualifies for inclusion in the Guinness Book of Strange and Disturbing Genetic Modifications, along with the mouse with a human ear and the infamous and creepy twisty-cats.
posted by varmint at 2:14 PM on January 11, 2001
The article said that the monkey doesn't glow in the dark... His stillborn siblings did, though.
posted by Neb at 2:23 PM on January 11, 2001
posted by Neb at 2:23 PM on January 11, 2001
ouch. i didn't read closely enough. or maybe i was getting everything mixed up with the luminous wallpaper story below. now if you'll excuse me, i'm going to stop thinking about glowing stillborn monkeys before i scream and bang my head repeatedly against a tree.
posted by varmint at 2:32 PM on January 11, 2001
posted by varmint at 2:32 PM on January 11, 2001
Yeah, the last line of the article is great...
For some reason, ANDi [the one-assed rhesus monkey] doesn't [glow] and they don't know why that is. And they don't know if the fact that the stillborns glowed green had something to do with the fact they didn't live.
Gee, I wonder if nature knows what the heck it's doing.
posted by ratbastard at 2:40 PM on January 11, 2001
For some reason, ANDi [the one-assed rhesus monkey] doesn't [glow] and they don't know why that is. And they don't know if the fact that the stillborns glowed green had something to do with the fact they didn't live.
Gee, I wonder if nature knows what the heck it's doing.
posted by ratbastard at 2:40 PM on January 11, 2001
Well since they've mastered one-assed DEAD glowing monkeys, maybe three-assed dead glowing monkeys won't be far behind.... imagine what this could mean for the future of science!!
No, really, imagine it. What DOES it mean?
posted by elf_baby at 2:56 PM on January 11, 2001
No, really, imagine it. What DOES it mean?
posted by elf_baby at 2:56 PM on January 11, 2001
It means that Ikea will have to clear room for the new line of lamps.
posted by cCranium at 3:51 PM on January 11, 2001
posted by cCranium at 3:51 PM on January 11, 2001
I hope it means that I can soon have a prehensile tail. that would be so great.
posted by varmint at 4:01 PM on January 11, 2001
posted by varmint at 4:01 PM on January 11, 2001
It's a proof of concept. If a jellyfish gene can be inserted into a monkey, a human gene can also be, making the monkey a better model for a human in biological studies. Hilarity ensues.
posted by shylock at 4:10 PM on January 11, 2001
posted by shylock at 4:10 PM on January 11, 2001
But aren't monkeys and humans closely-related enough? If we implanted human genes into monkeys, wouldn't they somewhere along the line be able to cross-breed? Hmm....
Or else we make Planet of the Apes a reality.....
posted by elf_baby at 4:46 PM on January 11, 2001
Or else we make Planet of the Apes a reality.....
posted by elf_baby at 4:46 PM on January 11, 2001
Not to degrade the excellent quote above about the dead monkies glowing, but I think this is the best quote:
This genetically engineered monkey named ANDi, which stands for "inserted DNA" backwards because that was the technique they used to get the DNA in him...
posted by daver at 4:51 PM on January 11, 2001
This genetically engineered monkey named ANDi, which stands for "inserted DNA" backwards because that was the technique they used to get the DNA in him...
posted by daver at 4:51 PM on January 11, 2001
Humans and monkeys share on the order of 98% of their DNA sequence. They're close, but they're not that close. For reference, only about 0.01% of the genome varies from person to person in our own species. Transplanting a couple of genes into a monkey wouldn't allow cross-breeding.
posted by shylock at 6:18 PM on January 11, 2001
posted by shylock at 6:18 PM on January 11, 2001
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