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September 03, 2001 05:40AM
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<HTML>Don Barone,
> Hi Mikey:
>
> Do you think there would be any way taking the whales DNA as
> it exists now and gentically modifying it so that indeed in
> just one genration we could have a whale walk on what appear
> to be two "legs". Seems to me from my reading that the whale
> did originally have "legs" of sorts and I was just wondering
> if we could gentically alter it's DNA to bring this trait to
> the surface again. If this was possible is there any
> possibility that radiation of some sort could do the same
> thing ?
Theoretically speaking it would be possible to genetically engineer a whale with any attribute you'd care to give it. In practise tho' the biological mechanics of such a process are too complex and not completely understood to do this at present.
Most forms of radiation (eg gamma and UV) will cause irreparable damage to DNA leading to genetic mutation. The chances of a single point mutation leading to "new" legs in a whale within a single generation would be incredibly small and highly unlikely.
Cheers,
Duncan</HTML>
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