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Cama

This is a cama—a cross between a camel
(from Africa and Asia) and a llama (from
South America). Living so far apart, these
related animals would not normally
breed. However, scientists in Dubai, U.A.E.,
combined camel sperm with llama eggs
to create the cama in the hope that it will
produce more wool and meat than regular
llamas. Do you have room for him at home?

Cloned dogs
If your pet dog is getting old, why
not replace it with an identical but
younger clone? Scientists can now Giant salmon
take cells and create an embryo that
is implanted inside a surrogate mother. Even if you really like
With luck, nine weeks later, out pops salmon, would you eat
a puppy identical to your precious one that grows twice as
pooch. Cloned breeds so far include fast, and is seven times
Labradors and Afghan hounds. as big, as a regular salmon?
Scientists have introduced a gene
into farmed salmon that greatly
increases the production of a growth
hormone. These bigger, faster-growing
salmon make more money for farmers.

Sphynx cat
All cat breeds were produced
by mating cats with features that
breeders wanted to reproduce.
Glowing mice The most obvious feature
of the Sphynx cat is a lack of fur.
There’s no problem finding these mice in This came from a mutation (mistake)
the dark. Shine an ultraviolet light on them in one of the genes. Breeding mutant
and they glow bright green. Glowing mice are cats has created the Sphynx breed.
transgenic—they’ve had a gene inserted into
them from another organism, in this case a
fluorescent jellyfish. A huge advance in genetics.

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