Silurana tropicalis (gfp)

[Jake]

I'm looking for gfp Silurana tropicalis or gfp Xenopus leavis. Send me a pm or email me at axolotl_jake@sbcglobal.net if you have them available.


-Jake

[Kurt]

I know what Silurana tropicalis and Xenopus leavis are, but what is gfp?

[Jake]

Green flourescent protein. It makes their skin 'glow' in uv light. Scientists took the protein out of jellyfish DNA and injected it into other creature's DNA to create glowing organisms. I doubt gfp frogs are available to hobbiests, but I thought the same about the gfp axolotls and now I have hundreds of them.

[Kurt]

I kind of have a moral problem with genetic engineering. Should we be playing God? What are the unforeseen results of tampering with nature? Glow in the dark animals are cool and all, but is this something that will blow up in our faces somewhere down the road? I think animals are just fine the way nature made them. I also have a problem with selective breeding too, but that's another story all together.

[Jake]

I also have a problem with selective breeding too, but that's another story all together.

Yes, designer dogs are disturbing. I'm not trying to play God here, but the person who 'created' those frogs in the lab might have been.

[tylototriton]

You guys are not alone in disliking "designer" animals. In my opinion regular phase corn snakes are far more attractive than any of the color morphs they had now. As for the "gfp" animals, I can understand why you don't like them, but I find them fascinating. I think its really cool because its a great example of genetic engineering in vertebrates. However I do think that it can be a slippery slope for morality.

Alex