Pigs

... grows and develops into a piggy, which then develops the traits that were modified. A full-grown pig can then be used to produce other transgenic pigs or the organs can be removed for human use. Oh, and by the way, the human immune system does not reject organ transplants because of the foreign ...

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... size, so I'm focusing my project on pig-xenotransplantations in particular. I am unsure of the process, but here's what I gathered so far; 1. The pigs have to be genetically modified so the human immune system does not reject and destroy the pigs foreign DNA. 2. To genetically modify a pig, a ...

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Well, I hadn't thought quite that far: having pigs as surrogate mothers. But who knows, it might even be possible in some odd future scenario :P

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... Certain genetic elements can of course be transfered between species in order to produce hybrids, and it is actually relatively easy to do. Pigs are being tailored to produce humanised organs, for example. But with whole genomes it is quite different.

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Is this right? Please can someone have a look at it? In guinea pigs, hair length and colour are controlled by two genes on different chromosomes. The hair may be either long or short and its colour either black or brown. A male guinea pig and a female guinea ...

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