Chapter 016: Genes
Sure enough, it was the tone of their old Liu family!
Jiang Jianxue thought secretly in his heart, but out of respect for Zhao Hongbin, he didn't say it, and waited quietly for the following.
"We were talking about hieroglyphs, and I suddenly thought of this story, so I found this paper and showed it to him, and wanted to hear his opinion. He didn't comment on my point of view, but showed me a paper he had just finished. ”
"His papers?" Jiang Jianxue was puzzled: "Teacher, you just said that he is a scientist in the secret department, and he also publishes papers?" ”
"Can't a paper be called a paper if it's not published?" Zhao Hongbin smiled and said: "You think too narrowly about academics, some people write papers to make a name, and some people really write papers just to discuss opinions, which is a difference in values." Some people do research just for personal knowledge, and they won't even make it public. ”
"Well, I see, teacher." Jiang Jianxue nodded convincingly and said, "You continue." ”
"His paper was about human gene deciphering techniques, and I still remember the ideas in his paper vividly." Zhao Hongbin took a deep breath and said: "He believes that the genes carried by human individuals determine the individual's talent. Each gene carries a unique dominant base pair that carries different genetic information. For example, if the dominant ability of a gene is musicality, then the person who carries this gene has a musical talent. Base pairs carry genetic information and constitute the main body of genes, genes make up chromosomes, and chromosome combinations make up the genome. The human genome contains 23 chromosomes, each containing hundreds to thousands of genes, with the largest chromosome containing about 250 million base pairs and the smallest about 38 million base pairs. At the same time, human genes come from both father and mother, so the resulting number of mates is infinite. ”
What he's doing is trying to find the genetic information that controls a certain ability of human beings, replace the chromosomes that don't exist in the first place, and make the individual have that ability. For example, if someone is very tall, you can find the 'tall' gene in his chromosome, cut out this genetic information, and replace it with another short person, then the short person will be taller. Or if two individuals have both 'tall' and 'short' genes, but one person's 'tall' gene is dominant, and the other person's 'short' gene is dominant, then if the short person wants to become taller, he can also 'activate' the tall gene in his body and suppress the short gene. ”
The more Jiang Jianxue listened, the more frightened he became, and said, "Teacher, hasn't human experiments been banned a long time ago?" How did he ......"
"So he's working for the secret service." Zhao Hongbin said in a deep voice: "There is no absolute prohibition in this world, it just depends on whether there is such a need." If there is such a need, then someone will do it. ”
Jiang Jianxue has been a nerd all his life, and most of his life is spent in the laboratory, living in the compliments of others. Although he is not young, he does not have much understanding of the dark side of human nature. Hearing what Zhao Hongbin said, his heart was full of shock, but fortunately, his age was here, although he was stunned, he was not out of shape, and said, "Teacher, did he really do human experiments?" ”
"Hmm." Zhao Hongbin nodded solemnly and said, "Not only did he do it, but he did it many years ago. His first experiment was his son, Liu Jie's father. ”
"This ......" Jiang Jianxue gasped, he couldn't have imagined that this would be the case. What did this man think in his heart, that he would experiment with his own son. Is he absolutely confident in his research, or is he the kind of madman who can do anything for the sake of science? Jiang Jianxue didn't know how to evaluate it, and suddenly he remembered that although he and Liu Jie were brothers, they really didn't know much about his family. He still didn't know anything about what his grandfather was a scientist and what his father did. At this time, he really wanted to know what happened to Liu Jie's father, and what was the result of him as an experiment of a mad scientist.
As if guessing what Jiang Jianxue was thinking, Zhao Hongbin said: "You have also seen Liu Jie's father, the chief engineer of our Four Elephant Fleet. ”
"Is it him?!" Jiang Jianxue almost dropped his jaw in shock, Liu Qing, the chief engineer of the Four Elephants Fleet, another 'human light', he was actually 'made'?
"Mr. Liu told me that he was still very young at the time, and after he had this idea, he did not get any support for it. But he firmly believed that this path was correct, and at that time he had completed the decipherment of several sets of genetic codes, including genes related to engineering, and he also had expectations for his son at that time, so he made a little move to turn the engineering genes in Liu Qing's chromosome into dominant. As it turned out, he succeeded. ”
Jiang Jianxue was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that someone could control human genes and operate on genes, which was simply appalling. Suddenly, he thought of Liu Jie and said, "Could it be that Liu Jie is also ......?"
"Yes, Liu Jie too." Zhao Hongbin did not hide it and said: "When Liu Ji was born, Liu Lao had already deciphered more genetic codes, so compared to his father Liu Qing, Liu Jie had 'strengthened' more genes. You have also seen Liu Jie's talent in engineering and physics, and at the same time, his physique is also different from ordinary people, have you ever seen him sick? ”
Jiang Jianxue subconsciously shook his head, he had been working with Liu Jie for many years, and he had never seen him sick once.
Not only that, Liu Jie's resistance to harsh environments such as low temperature, radiation, and high heat is also several times that of ordinary people. That's just what I know, what I don't know, and I'm sure there's a lot more. ”
Jiang Jianxue was already shocked to the point of numbness, and muttered, "You might as well just say that he is a superman." ”
"That's pretty much it." Zhao Hongbin nodded and admitted, "In all fairness, isn't Liu Jie like this?" ”
"......" Jiang Jianxue didn't say anything, he didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't deny that it was true. At this moment, he suddenly felt a little resentful, on the road of science, God knows how much he paid, this road he walked very hard. Even Zhao Hongbin, who was sitting in front of him, said countless times that his talent was average, and today's results were completely the result of hard work and perseverance. And what about Liu Jie? His talent is only because it has been genetically modified! How could this convince him?!
"Teacher, I have a question, the gene has been modified, from a scientific point of view, does the genetic relationship still exist?"
"Regarding this issue, I really asked Liu Lao for advice. If the gene is sheared from an individual other than the parent's kinship into the child's chromosome, the parentage is debatable. If it is only a gene recessive change, it does not affect the genetic relationship. Although Liu Lao provided a theoretical basis for gene transplantation, he did not take action due to ethics, and all his experiments were based on the dominant and recessive nature of genes. ”
"Go on." Jiang Jianxue was thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Because his experiments are based on overt recessive changes in genes, one thing is very important. If you want a good gene, then you have to have a good gene provider. If the paternal line does not have this high-quality gene, then it is necessary to find the maternal line with this high-quality gene, so that the child after their union can have this high-quality gene, whether it is dominant or recessive, because it can already be controlled through his technology. ”