科学家不小心创造了新型鱼类,就像一个人一样

在俄罗斯罗斯托夫地区的一个农场的一个池塘里的俄罗斯st鱼鱼
在俄罗斯罗斯托夫地区的一个农场的一个池塘里的俄罗斯st鱼鱼
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那些尚未订阅科学期刊的人基因今天可能想报名,这样您就永远不会错过其他有关类似的报告斯特德鱼的崛起- 一种新的混合动力当科学家试图拯救鱼免于灭绝时,完全是偶然创造的。

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俄罗斯st鱼产生了一些世界上最珍贵的鱼子酱,但由于过度捕捞和破坏其栖息地,目前遭受了极大的威胁。匈牙利科学家最近进行了一个项目,旨在通过鼓励该物种内的无性繁殖来挽救st鱼免于灭绝。妇产,根据CNN,“使用另一种物种的经过处理的精子来哄骗标本的卵发育。”在这种情况下,精子来自美国pad鱼,一切都横向了。

In the process of gynogenesis, the DNA from the American paddlefish wasn’t supposed to transfer to the Russian sturgeon’s eggs, but somehow, it did—one theory is that the two fish had genes that were more similar than the scientists had anticipated, allowing them to hybridize and produce a whole lot of wonky offspring. And lo, the sturddlefish was born! (That’s not the official name, but it’s definitely going to catch on better than whatever else scientists decide to call it.)

每条生成的鱼看起来都有些不同,其中大多数与st鱼具有更强的相似之处(当然,这是整个想法)。But if the offspring adopt the paddlefish’s dietary habits instead of the sturgeon’s, then the hybrid fish could greatly benefit the environment: Sturgeon have a diet of larger crustaceans while paddlefish feed on smaller organisms like plankton, making the latter’s diet more sustainable in the long run. (Microscopic organisms don’t have to be shipped in to feed the fish, meaning fewer carbon emissions.) Cheap diet + expensive roe = money in the bank.

就像一个romcom,不是吗?两条似乎没有共同之处的鱼 - paddle鱼在密西西比河盆地享受着无忧无虑的生活,这是一个有意识的俄罗斯sturgeon,专注于最不可能的情况,并伴随着最不可能的情况,并留下整个小孩子都可以抗衡。至少,它可以很好地为续集设置。