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POPEYE PIGS
- Scientists have attempted to create a meat healthier than normal pork meat by inserting the spinach
fatty acid desaturation 2 (FAD2) gene into the pigs, causing the transgenic pigs to have a level of linoleic
acid in their adipose tissue ten times higher than normal pigs. This is the first successful case of
inserting a plant gene into a mammal
- Genetic Modifications
- The pigs were made by injecting DNA of a spinach gene into a pig embryo. Pig embryos are opaque, so to visualize the
nucleus, the embryos were centrifuged at 15000g for 3 minutes.[3] The ova were inserted into host animals and allowed to
grow
- Microinjection of a plasmid into an embryo has been around since 1980, when J.W. Gordon discovered the technique. Genes injected in
the pronuclear (when the sperm and egg are still separate) phase are retained and expressed in 5-10% of the offspring born.
Additionally, only 70% of the offspring of a transgenic organism will transmit the gene to their offspring. Little Lemon Boy
- My opinion on this is that I find it stupid. It is a waste of
time to genetically modify a pig to make it healthier to
eat. You can just change your diet instead if you want to
eat healthier.
- THANK YOU
- The pigs were made by injecting DNA of a spinach gene into a pig embryo. Pig embryos are opaque, so to visualize the
nucleus, the embryos were centrifuged at 15000g for 3 minutes.[3] The ova were inserted into host animals and allowed to
grow
- Pigs implanted with spinach genes. The cause for this
pig to be engineered was that people wanted to have
healthier pork. So the produced pork was healthier
than pork from normal pigs. The Popeye Pig has been
engineered for 31 years.
- There were no concerns about the pigs, they come out normal with no health
issues. But, there is no evidence that the pork is aymore healthier than regular
pork.
- There were no concerns about the pigs, they come out normal with no health
issues. But, there is no evidence that the pork is aymore healthier than regular
pork.
- The process is that scientists remove spinach genes
from plants. Then, they insert the genes into
fertilised pig eggs. Last, it is implanted into surrogate
mother pigs. The benefits of this are that the gene
was found to convert about a fifth of the piglets'
saturated fatty acids into healthier linoleic acids. The
disadvantages are that the scientists are
manipulating animals to satisfy their morbid
curiosity.
- An ethical issue of this may be that people may think this pork being produced is
healthier for people, but they might find out later that it is not.
- An ethical issue of this may be that people may think this pork being produced is
healthier for people, but they might find out later that it is not.
- Genetic Modifications
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