The Genetically Modified Rhesus Monkey

The Andy Gene Recombinant Rhesus Monkey can be a festival for one month in October. Regularly respect birthdays and celebrate the holidays. However, in October 2000, an unusual birthday was celebrated. In that month, a genetically modified animal "Andy" was born. The reason why his birth should be greatly respected is not only that he is a genetically modified rhesus monkey, but he is the first person. Messages are huge for several reasons; that is, Andy is a genetic cousin closely related to humans.

The reason is not difficult to find. In biology, humans share about 93% of DNA with rhesus monkeys. The website of the California National Primate Research Center at Davis, California states, "Humans and monkeys have a close genetic relationship that is reflected in many anatomical, behavioral, developmental, and physiological similarities "I said. Federal funded biomedical research center on campus. "A monkey is the only mammal model with a hormonal pattern comparable to humans with a menstrual cycle."

In one version of his experiment, the newly born rhesus monkey was cut off from the mother that it was born and another mother brought up by another mother. I placed young monkeys in a cage and bred the mothers of two monkeys. One of the wire monkeys has a bottle, and the baby monkey can then get nutrition, and the other wire monkey is covered with soft terry cloth. Researchers Rudolph Schaffer and Peggy Emerson analyzed the number of attachment relationships the infants developed in a longitudinal study of 60 infants. The baby is observed every 4 weeks in 1 year after birth and is observed again in 18 months thereafter. According to their observations, Schaffer and Emerson outlined four different attachment stages.