Northern Metropolis, National Biological Laboratory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Professor Qin walked into the experimental area, pushed his glasses, and found the familiar figure in a white coat: "Xiaoting! ”

"Grandpa? How did you get here? Bai Xiaoting raised her head in amazement, staring at her bloodshot eyes, like a surprised little white rabbit.

"Come 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, and the colleagues in the laboratory are working overtime to forget to sleep and eat, how can she be an exception?

"Then pay attention to your body, too." Professor Qin sighed distressedly, "What was the result?" ”

Bai Xiaoting's haggard face had a trace of sadness: "The result is very bad." ”

The research topic of her experimental group is the giant of fish!

The reason for this problem is that it is still influenced by giant shrimp, and I hope to be able to make the sea fish giant!

The ocean is not only much larger than the land, but also has much more resources than the land, and if a giant marine fish can be cultivated, it will have great practical significance for hungry humans.

In order to achieve this goal, the laboratory imitates the giant process of insects, infects various fish eggs with puffing viruses, and hopes that a certain fish will appear as gigantic individuals as insects, which is also the only mature biological giant scheme at present.

Professor Qin asked curiously, "Failed again?" ”

"Hmm." Bai Xiaoting nodded, "One hundred and twenty groups of fish eggs, one hundred and two groups have been successfully hatched, and only forty-seven of the more than a thousand juvenile fish have shown signs of giantization......"

Professor Qin's eyes lit up: "The ratio is good, it's about the same as the proportion of insects." ”

"But none of them will grow up!" Bai Xiaoting suddenly erupted and shouted uncontrollably, "They will die when they grow, and now there are only seven left, and there are only seven left!" Why can giant insects grow, but giant fish just can't grow? ”

Everyone in the laboratory looked at this side, but the gaze in everyone's eyes was not sympathy or contempt, but deep helplessness and empathy.

The members of this research group are all young generation, and the giant fish itself is not an important experiment, and the real masters of the biological world are concentrated in the research group of insects.

Bai Xiaoting suddenly grabbed Professor Qin's sleeve, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, you can help us!" "With the research results of giant ant pheromones, Professor Qin has become a leader in ant research and one of the top biology experts in China.

With such a big man by her side, how could Bai Xiaoting let it go?

Professor Qin saw through Bai Xiaoting's intentions at a glance, and stretched out his finger and stabbed Bai Xiaoting's forehead: "You ghost girl!" ”

Bai Xiaoting, who was debunked, smirked and hurriedly brought a stack of experimental records.

Professor Qin shook his head helplessly: "You dead girl, do you want to tire my old man to death?" Tell my grandfather, how did your baby bumps die? ”

"Flesh and blood are incompatible." Bai Xiaoting immediately said, "The fish bones developed too fast, and before the fish grew up, the fish bones broke the fish." ”

Professor Qin pondered for a moment, and then suddenly sighed: "Girl, in fact, I have always opposed the fish giant experiment. ”

"Grandpa?" Bai Xiaoting looked at Professor Qin in shock, her face full of astonishment.

In the laboratory, a needle drop could be heard in an instant, and everyone looked at Professor Qin blankly.

Professor Qin patted Bai Xiaoting on the shoulder, looked around, raised his tone and comforted loudly: "It's not your fault, it's the problem of the puffing virus itself, have you ever thought about it, why only insects and crustaceans appear in nature, but humans, birds, fish, reptiles, etc. are not giants?" ”

Everyone's attention was immediately attracted by Professor Qin, and they listened to Professor Qin's speech calmly.

Professor Qin took a breath back and continued, "Obviously, this is a virus that only works on insects, or shells, and it is not advisable to apply this virus to fish!" ”

"So, is there no hope for our experiments?" One researcher reluctantly said, "Those juveniles are obviously showing signs of giantization!" ”

"But they don't grow big, and that's the point." If we can figure out the genes of the puffing virus, and further understand how the puffing virus makes the organisms giant, we can conduct targeted in-depth research, and even isolate the gene fragments that play the role of puffing and directly embed the genes of other organisms, so as to achieve the giantization of non-crustacean organisms." ”

When everyone heard this, they all bowed their heads.

Although they are the best of the younger generation, the genetics is too profound, and it is not difficult to understand the genome of the bulking virus, but the difficult thing is how to find out the gene fragments that play the role of bulking!

You know, the world's major biological laboratories are deciphering the genetic code of the puffing virus, but so far, no laboratory, or anyone, has claimed to have made a breakthrough, let alone actual research results.

What so many top biologists can't do, how can they, the newcomers, do?

Professor Qin saw that everyone's mood was very low, and Bai Xiaoting was even more tearful, and couldn't help sighing: "Actually, your idea is right, but the research direction is wrong." ”

"Grandpa!" Bai Xiaoting wiped her eyes, "Don't sell it." ”

"There are crustaceans that can be eaten, so why do you have to keep an eye on the fish?" Professor Qin asked, "Why don't you find a worm that is suitable for jughua, has a lot of flesh and a gentle temperament, and is used as an experiment?" ”

Guys, you look at me, I look at you, but you didn't speak.

Professor Qin said: "I know that your idea is to use marine resources, but there are enough giant crustaceans in the sea, and one more is of little practical significance, but how much effect can one more giant marine fish have?" On the other hand, the use of terrestrial resources is still a blank......"

"I thought of it!" Bai Xiaoting suddenly jumped up, happy like a little rabbit, "Snails, we can raise snails!" ”

After everyone listened, the depressed mood was swept away.

Anyone who knows this thing knows that the recipe of snail is very extensive, the difficulty of raising is low, and the snail itself is a world-famous delicacy, along with shark fin, dried scallops and abalone, the world's four famous dishes, has a long history of breeding, once the completion of the giantization, can quickly form an industry, feeding one can harvest one.

In contrast, even if the fish succeed in becoming a giant fish, they must be put into the sea to grow up, and the loss of growth process is not too large, and it is difficult to say whether they can even be harvested. (To be continued.) )