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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Uruguay's Institute of Animal Reproduction creates glow-in-the-dark sheep

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Photographer: FUNDACION IRAUy/J. CALVELO
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4-28-13
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Scientists in Uruguay have announced the world's first genetically-modified phosphorescent sheep.
Nine sheep were born in October of 2012 at Uruguay's Institute of Animal Reproduction, an experiment conducted in conjunction with the Institut Pasteur.
The scientists used a gene from a jellyfish, allowing them to produce a green fluorescent protein.
The scientists say the sheep developed normally.  They claim there are no differences to their non-modified peers.
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