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kiamoy · « **on:** February 26, 2009, 09:21:14 PM »

The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California's central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.

The 6-inch (15-centimeter) Barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) had been known since 1939--but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.

-nationalgeographic

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2009, 03:12:57 AM »

This is amazing. Am sure if they use PCR/Microarray analysis, they can isolate the area in the operon of that fish that causes transparency. Perhaps even utilize that in genetic therapy or for human use/academic use/military use.

Nice thread, Ms. K.

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kiamoy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2009, 03:14:21 AM »

Lorz, ka imagine nako human with transparent head. this is not impossible.

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2009, 03:20:51 AM »

lol, too many humans have thick skull to have transparency. ngek!

interesting baya ni, Bem.

Would love to read what causes this transparency--to make a fish's epithelial tissue ascertain a degree of clarity. No doubt this is an evolutionary process.

I can't help asking if this is a autosomal dominant or an autosomal recessive effect. Is it caused by dominant homozygosity or recessive homozygosity.

Mo look ko into this later.
(maybe during post-exams)

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kiamoy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2009, 03:50:43 AM »

two inches long, swimming at depths of 2,000 feet deep, it is so dark that the fish has developed eyes in the back of his head, accustomed to living in the pitch-black of the deep sea, the animal has developed this unique and incredibly useful ability to spot predators trying to sneak up on it, as well as potential food, its amazing eyes glow a bright-green and researchers believe it may have developed a form of light filter which allows it to ignore the sunlight and spot the bioluminescence of small fish and jellyfish - it's favourite food, the two holes which look like eyes on the front of the fish are in fact nales, olfactory organs similar to human nostrils, it is known as a barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma)

http://stanleykemp.blogspot.com/

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