Glowing pig passes genes to piglets
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_sc/china_fluorescent_pig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080109/capt.a474a6d89af24a3ea2dd3f4c15d849cd.correction_china_flourescent_pig_xhg805.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=9mJvoyr1LAoyylNrBBHElQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="A researcher holds up two piglets born from a cloned pig under ultraviolet light to show the fluorescent green glow from their snout, trotters, and tongue at the Harbin Sanyuan Animal Husbandry Industrial Company, a subsidiary institute of the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin, northeastern China' Heilongjiang province, Monday, Jan 7, 2008. The cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, the Northeast Agricultural University reported Tuesday.(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.</p><br clear="all"/>

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