Professor Qin stepped into the experimental area, pushed up his glasses, and found a familiar figure among the white coats: "Xiaoting!"
"Grandpa? Why are you here?" Bai Xiaoting raised her head in shock, staring with bloodshot eyes, like a surprised little white rabbit.
"Come here and see you." Professor Qin stroked his granddaughter's hair lovingly, "You haven't been back for three days.
Bai Xiaoting squeezed out a wry smile: "Everyone has been working overtime recently. I can't leave..." The experiment has reached the most critical moment. Her colleagues in the laboratory are working overtime and forgetting to eat and sleep. How can she be an exception?
"Then you should also pay attention to your health." Professor Qin sighed distressedly, "What's the result?"
A trace of sadness appeared on Bai Xiaoting's haggard face: "The result was very bad."
The research topic of the experimental group she is in is the gigantism of fish!
The reason why this topic arises is because of the influence of giant shrimps. I hope to make marine fish giant!
The ocean is not only much larger in area than land, but also has much richer resources than land. If a giant sea fish can be cultivated, it will be of great practical significance to hungry humans.
In order to achieve this goal, the laboratory imitates the giantization process of insects and infects various fish eggs with puffed viruses, hoping that a certain fish will appear as giant individuals like insects. This is also the only mature biological giantization at present.
plan.
Professor Qin asked curiously: "Failed again?"
"Yes." Bai Xiaoting nodded, "One hundred and twenty groups of fish eggs were successfully hatched, and only 47 of the more than a thousand young fish showed signs of giantization..."
Professor Qin's eyes lit up: "The ratio is pretty good, almost the same as the giant insect ratio."
"But none of them can grow up!" Bai Xiaoting suddenly burst out and shouted uncontrollably, "They died as they grew. Now there are only seven left, only seven left! Why can giant insects grow up? Gigantic
Fish just don’t grow big?”
Everyone in the laboratory looked here, but the look in their eyes was not sympathy or contempt, but deep helplessness and empathy.
The members of this research group are all of the younger generation, and fish gigantism itself is not an important experiment. The real masters of the biological world are concentrated in the insect research group.
Bai Xiaoting suddenly grabbed Professor Qin's sleeve, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, please help us!" With the research results of giant ant pheromones, Professor Qin became a leader in ant research.
, and one of the top biological experts in the country.
With such a master beside her, how could Bai Xiaoting let him go?
Professor Qin saw through Bai Xiaoting's intention at a glance, stretched out his finger and stabbed Bai Xiaoting on the forehead: "You ghost girl!"
Bai Xiaoting, who was exposed, giggled and quickly brought in a pile of experimental records.
Professor Qin shook his head helplessly: "You damn girl, do you want to tire my old man to death? Tell me, grandpa, how did all your baby bumps die?"
"The flesh and bones are not compatible," Bai Xiaoting said immediately. "The fish bones develop too fast. Before the fish grows up, the fish bones burst."
Professor Qin pondered for a moment, then suddenly sighed: "Girl, actually I have always been opposed to experiments on fish gigantism."
"Grandpa?" Bai Xiaoting looked at Professor Qin in shock, her face full of astonishment.
The sound of a needle dropping could be heard in the laboratory for an instant, and everyone stared blankly at Professor Qin.
Professor Qin patted Bai Xiaoting on the shoulder, looked around, raised his voice and comforted loudly: "This is not your fault, but a problem with the puffed virus itself. Have you ever thought about why only insects and crustaceans have giant creatures in nature?
, and humans, birds, fish, reptiles, etc. have not become gigantic?”
Everyone's attention was immediately attracted to Professor Qin, and they listened to Professor Qin's speech attentively.
Professor Qin took a breath and continued: "Obviously, this is a virus that only affects insects, or only organisms with shells. It is very undesirable to apply this virus to fish!"
"Then, is there no hope for our experiment?" A researcher said reluctantly, "Those young fish are clearly showing signs of becoming giant!"
"But they don't grow big, and that's the key point." Professor Qin said, "Currently we know too little about puffed viruses, so we can only use the simplest method of infection to experiment. If we can figure out the genes of puffed viruses,
If we further understand how puffed viruses make organisms gigantic, we can conduct in-depth research in a targeted manner, and even isolate the gene fragments that play a role in puffing and directly embed them into the genes of other organisms, thereby achieving the giantization of non-crustacean organisms.
.”
When everyone heard this, they all lowered their heads in unison.
Although they are the best among the younger generation, genetics is too profound. It is not difficult to figure out the genome of the puffed virus. What is difficult is how to find the gene fragment that plays the role of puffing!
You know, major biological laboratories around the world are deciphering the genetic code of puffed viruses, but so far, no laboratory or person has claimed to have made a breakthrough, let alone actual research results.
What so many top biologists can't do, how can newcomers like them do it?
Professor Qin saw that everyone was in a very low mood, and Bai Xiaoting was in tears. She couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, your idea is right, but the research direction is wrong."
"Grandpa!" Bai Xiaoting wiped her eyes, "Please stop showing off."
"There are plenty of crustacean-eating creatures, so why do we have to focus on fish?" Professor Qin asked, "Why not find a kind of insect that is suitable for giantization, has a fleshy nature, and has a gentle temperament as a test subject?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke.
Professor Qin added: "I know that your idea is to use marine resources, but there are already enough giant crustaceans in the sea. One more species has no practical significance, but one more species of giant sea fish, how much effect can it have?
?On the other hand, the utilization of land resources is still blank..."
"I thought of it!" Bai Xiaoting suddenly jumped up, as cheerful as a little rabbit, "Snails, we can raise snails!"
After everyone listened, their depressed mood was swept away.
Anyone who knows this thing knows that snails have a wide range of recipes and are relatively easy to raise. Moreover, snails themselves are a world-famous delicacy. They are ranked among the four most famous dishes in the world along with shark fin, scallops and abalone. They have a long history of raising.
After completing the giant expansion, an industry can be quickly formed, and if you feed one animal, you can harvest one.
In contrast, even if the fish successfully grows to giant size, it still needs to be put into the sea to grow up. The loss during the growth process should not be too great, and it is not even clear whether it can be harvested.
