Bruh I had to look this up and like the gene is responsible for a green glow in creatures when exposed to blue to ultraviolet light. That being said, I don’t get the joke. Is this like this gene shows up in a lot of things on earth? Like how everything becomes a crab or a worm?
GFP is often combined with other genes of interest in biotech to provide an easy way to check whether the genes of interest are successfully incorporated/active. Glowy cells = successful, dark = unsuccessful/inactive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter_gene
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Gowozilla@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 1y
Bruh I had to look this up and like the gene is responsible for a green glow in creatures when exposed to blue to ultraviolet light. That being said, I don’t get the joke. Is this like this gene shows up in a lot of things on earth? Like how everything becomes a crab or a worm?
ornery_chemist@mander.xyz · 48 pts · 1y
GFP is often combined with other genes of interest in biotech to provide an easy way to check whether the genes of interest are successfully incorporated/active. Glowy cells = successful, dark = unsuccessful/inactive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter_gene
jaybone@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Is this going to be on the test?
meyotch@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 1y
It WAS on the test, yesterday.
jaybone@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
My GFP is not bussin, chat.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
</div, color=pink>(or something like that)Gowozilla@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Ooooooooooh thanks