HS Science Biology

Two genetically modified mice flanking one plain mouse. From Ingrid Moen, Charlotte Jevne, Jian Wang, Karl-Henning Kalland, Martha Chekenya, Lars A Akslen, Linda Sleire, Per Ø Enger, Rolf K Reed, Anne M Øyan and Linda EB Stuhr: Gene expression in tumor cells and stroma in dsRed 4T1 tumors in eGFP-expressing mice with and without enhanced oxygenation. In: BMC Cancer. 2012, 12:21. / CC BY 2.0

This image shows mice that have been genetically modified to glow fluorescent green under blue light.  How is this possible? Every wonder why you look the way you do?  Why do I look so much like my mom and not my dad?  Why is my nose so big? Why do I have blue eyes when everyone else in my family has brown? Is my blood type genetic? Why are there only males and no females in my family that are colorblind?  As you work through unit 5 on genetics you will be able answer and explain these questions.