Scientists have tricked male fish cells that were destined to become sperm into switching sex and becoming eggs instead.
The technique could one day be used to quickly produce animals with desired traits, speed up breeding programs and help repopulate dwindling populations of endangered species or creating sushi on demand, the researchers said.
The finding is detailed in the Feb. 7 issue of the journal for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [...]
(picture from MSNBC)
2 comments:
for my i-need-it-to-complete-my-research-quickly wish list:
a technique dat can turn all undecided-wat-to-become-yet larvae to become females....so,there'sno shortage of females for oocyte supply and to dissect,dissect,dissect......
huh?!?
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