Fluorescent green pigs were first bred by a group of researchers led by Wu Shinn-Chih at the Department of Animal Science and Technology at National Taiwan University, announcing the results of the experiment in January 2006.
The transgenic pigs were created by adding DNA encoding for the green fluorescent protein from fluorescent jellyfish to pig embryos which were then implanted in the utereus of female pigs. The pigs glow green in the dark, and have clearly green-tinged skin and eyes in daylight.
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