I read an article in The Week magazine about researchers finding out how to turn female mice into lesbian mice. They discovered by deleting one gene the female mice would avoid males and try to mount the females. The gene is called fucose mutarotase or FucM for short. Seriously, FucM.I find it disturbing that we change the DNA of these mice at the embrionic stage. These mice probably do have a better life than street mice, but this just seems wrong. The scientists don't even know the significance of their findings yet, just that it may help them find the "gay" gene one day.
And the perfect attitude for a lesbian mouse to have could very well be, well, FucM.
Yes, I'm queasy about any use of animals in experimentation, personally. Especially when it's difficult to ascertain a useful motive for the fiddling with nature. Mice can become lesbians; whoopie-doo.
ReplyDeleteAs for FucM gene, I wouldn't know. I gave up men *years* ago...
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Bob