gene mutation

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:16 am

Have they managed to clone you yet Jimbo?:-2

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:55 am

Maybe they will come up with a hair gene for you Jimbo. They can call it the anti-chromedomeazone gene.:yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:02 am

YZGI;1088117 wrote: Maybe they will come up with a hair gene for you Jimbo. They can call it the anti-chromedomeazone gene.:yh_rotfl

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl the chromedome

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:16 am

jimbo;1088128 wrote: ahem i know how to play this :sneaky:

you guys are anti british ,the anti british undercurrent running through the garden is unnacceptible

-1:-1

if it does not stop i'm leaving till it does :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

hair today gone tomorrow :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

hair there and everywhere:wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:28 am

jimbo;1088128 wrote: ahem i know how to play this :sneaky:

you guys are anti british ,the anti british undercurrent running through the garden is unnacceptible

-1:-1

if it does not stop i'm leaving till it does :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

hair today gone tomorrow :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
Now you're just wiggin out..

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:43 am

jimbo;1088136 wrote: i'll comb through your replies

i can see a parting of the ways here

but thats not my style

guys this was a serious thread how come corburst does not get this hassle :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
I wouldn't brush off Coberst just yet. Although he may not do follicle threads.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:51 am

jimbo;1088070 wrote: i was watching the discovery channel

and it was about gene mutation (hence the thread title )

they have taken a gene from a glow worm and they have put it into a mouse and have produced mice that glow in the dark :-3

they have also found the hibernation gene in mice whitch they can switch on in mice and they hibernate :-3they have also found this in humans

they have also found the grim reaper gene in a worm whitch has 70% the same genes as a human (that explains open mind then :yh_rotfl) any way this gene can be switched off and these worms live six times longer ,imagine humans living 600 years old

I read about all this in Metro earlier this year.

Prepare to nosh dirt Jimbletoe.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:52 am

OpenMind;1088147 wrote: I read about all this in Metro earlier this year.

Prepare to nosh dirt Jimbletoe.

Is that mutant gene Jimbo?:wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:24 am

jimbo;1088160 wrote: what open mind ..... yup that a defo there good buddy :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I see you've "wormed" you way into my heart:-4:yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:55 am

jimbo;1088183 wrote: i cant believe i'm shooting myself in the foot like this but this is worth a laugh:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

YouTube - Earthworm Jim Cartoon Series Intro

Pooh! I'll have to watch it later. We had to set up the new pc as my lovely teen boy effed up the other pc with lots of hopefully fixable probs.

Now he is a worm!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:04 pm

Back to the OP - how's about grafting in the gene for gills to get an underwater race to colonise the sea?

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:06 pm

Bryn Mawr;1088274 wrote: Back to the OP - how's about grafting in the gene for gills to get an underwater race to colonise the sea?

Have you been watching the Little Mermaid Bryn? That would be neat though.:wah:

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:26 pm

That's astounding stuff, jimbo, and it also gives me the shudders.

I love the idea of being able to tailor genes to eradicate birth defects and disease (let's leave alone the cost and the classism inherent in it's affordability for now), but when it comes to task-specific modifications, I would worry about the creation of sub-cultures and "gene bias". Sounds like socio-political sci-fi, I know, but human beings have a thing for societal sorting, do they not?

(Tsk! What is it about all this anti-human stuff I see so much of on here lately? So insulting.

)

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:31 pm

qsducks;1088278 wrote: Have you been watching the Little Mermaid Bryn? That would be neat though.:wah:

Only when the grandkids are around :p

Any number of Sci-Fi novels on the theme though.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:48 pm

jimbo;1088311 wrote: i had actually had thoughts along those lines bryn

Great minds think alike eh

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:07 pm

Bryn Mawr;1088274 wrote: Back to the OP - how's about grafting in the gene for gills to get an underwater race to colonise the sea?

That sounds so cool Bryn, but I don't want to be eaten by a shark! :yh_rotfl

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:11 pm

shelbell;1088400 wrote: That sounds so cool Bryn, but I don't want to be eaten by a shark! :yh_rotfl

We manage quite well against lions and tigers on land so I'm sure we'd cope

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:41 pm

Bryn Mawr;1088403 wrote: We manage quite well against lions and tigers on land so I'm sure we'd cope

Yeah, but they are far away. :wah:

nok · Post by **nok** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:58 am

Mice that glow in the dark ! That's really something ! I didn't know they existed.

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:54 am

How cool is that!

Mice that would glow in the dark. Would make them alot easier to catch....... :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:14 am

jimbo;1088718 wrote: well you know down the middle of the road they have cats eyes that seem to glow in the dark well now they have the cat to match

Cloned cats that glow?! - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

well worth reading ^^^^^^^^

much more interesting than shinning mice ..or glowdents :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Kindle;1088806 wrote: How cool is that!

Mice that would glow in the dark. Would make them alot easier to catch....... :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

unless they're being chased by glow in the dark cats! :wah:

nok · Post by **nok** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:45 am

I would like to see a gene mutation of a cat and a dog. I wonder how that would turn out !?! :-3

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:51 am

nok;1089496 wrote: I would like to see a gene mutation of a cat and a dog. I wonder how that would turn out !?! :-3

Oh no, not our puppies and kitties.