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The "Montauk Monster" was an animal carcass that washed ashore on a beach near the business district of Montauk, New York, in July 2008. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The identity of the creature and the veracity of stories surrounding it have been the subject of controversy and speculation.
The first genetically modified animal to be commercialised was the GloFish, a Zebra fish with a fluorescent gene added that allows it to glow in the dark under ultraviolet light. [31] It was released to the US market in 2003. [32] The first genetically modified animal to be approved for food use was AquAdvantage salmon in 2015. [33]
However, it is hypothesized that these animals are the descendants of pets left behind during the original evacuation of Pripyat. While many of these original pets population were killed by the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs to prevent the further spread of radiation, [ 2 ] the remainder survived to reproduce.
Pampa, a Jersey calf, was the first animal cloned in Argentina (by the company Bio Sidus) in 2002. [23] An Anatolian Grey bull (Efe) was cloned in Turkey in 2009 and four female calves from the same breed (Ece, Ecem, Nilüfer, Kiraz) in 2010 by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). [24]
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It is a characteristic that would not be observed naturally in a specimen. The term mutant is also applied to a virus with an alteration in its nucleotide sequence whose genome is in the nuclear genome. The natural occurrence of genetic mutations is integral to the process of evolution. The study of mutants is an integral part of biology; by ...
To protect the animal’s welfare it is illegal in several countries or states to breed with parent cats that bear certain of these hypertype mutations. This article gives a selection of cat body type mutant alleles and the associated mutations with a brief description.
Image credits: ellemenohpea2 Pet owners and animal lovers flock to the ‘Danglers’ community to share joyful, weird, and cute photos of the creatures they come across.