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Do genetically engineered animals have indicators that they have been man made?
According to national geographic, even after centuries of effort, some 86 percent of Earth's species have yet to be fully described, according to a new study that predicts our planet is home to 8.7 million species.
If some government lab created a genetically engineered animal spliced from multiple species, would other scientists not involved in the process be able to identify that the animal was spliced from other species? How would scientists know that it isn't a newly identified animal?
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>>9044768
If OP tries to talk to a female of this species it and it rejects him, we'll know it developed through natural means
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>>9044793
stop projecting bruh
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>>9044768
It is possible to compare the species to its nonGM relatives and look for something unusual in its genetics, though you would need an expert to confirm it.
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>>9044768
I believe humans, or specific populations, were probably engineered by something else. Whether a species that came before us, is still with us, or came from elsewhere. The spectrum of purposes for this is fairly wide, but none really fit well yet.
Adam and Eve were very clearly not the first humans, and emerged into a populated world. Many ancient depictions of the tree of life show it as a tree with 23 branches, each forking in two at the end. Perhaps the tree of knowledge is symbolic of their means for freedom from genetic slavery.
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>>9045994
interesting thought
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>>9044768
>sequence organism
>parts of the genome have high similarities to sequences from completely different organisms
One example. Now, the interesting question is why I am even responding to this thread, given that I know that 95% of the people browsing /sci/ in 2017 haven't even graduated high-school and this thread will turn into another shit-fest.
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>>9044768
Popular viral promoters used in biotechnology are easily identified with PCR.
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