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"There are a total of 30 sows, all of which are easy to raise. When the sows grow up, it doesn't matter whether they breed by themselves or buy fine-bred pig essence for breeding."

"These piglets are very healthy, with strong tails, shiny fur, and pinkish white skin. They are all very beautiful."

After Xie Hui inspected the new piglets in the piggery, he looked at these pink and cute little animals with a smile on his face.

It can be seen that he really loves animals, his eyes light up when he sees piglets, and the joy on his face comes from the heart, with an inexplicable appeal.

At this time, another little piglet was brought in.

"Huh?" Xie Hui looked at this piglet and exclaimed suddenly.

"Why is this pig so strange? It's very different from ordinary pigs."

He stepped forward quickly and carefully looked at the piglet in front of him, with a surprised and puzzled expression on his face.

"This is a boar, bigger than ordinary piglets, thicker, thicker limbs, neck, buttocks, and thighs are all bulging, and it looks very powerful."

Xie Hui couldn't help stretching out his hand, and gently pressed the bulging part of Zhu Zai's body a few times.

It feels Q-bouncy and strong, and there is not much fat under the skin, but strong muscles.

The ribs of the abdomen could not be touched, and they were wrapped by a layer of muscle.

The belly bulges slightly, but it doesn't have the soft feeling of fat to the touch, but a thin layer of muscle.

"It's strange. I've never seen such a pig. Could it be that this is a so-called genetically modified pig?"

Xie Hui muttered to himself, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Suddenly, there was a chuckle from behind, and someone said, "Yes, this is a genetically modified pig. We usually call it a devil muscle pig."

Xie Hui turned his head abruptly, only to see a young man standing behind him with a backpack on his back.

This young man is a little thin, less than 170 tall, and looks very simple in clothes, but his eyes are bright and bright. No matter who he looks at, he has a sincere smile on his face, which makes people feel good when he looks at him.

"I'm Huang Qin. I'm in charge of the genetic research of animals and plants in Sanqing. You are Xie Hui, the outstanding student of the Agricultural University. It's a pleasure to meet you." Huang Qin stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Don't dare, you are the top students who do research in Sanqing. I have heard about gene editing technology from teachers in school, and I have seen some genetically modified animals in cooperation with Sanqing in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This is also the case. The results of your research."

Xie Hui said excitedly, his eyes full of thirst for knowledge.

"Hehe, that's right. We used targeted gene knockout technology to knock out the muscle growth inhibitory gene in pigs and obtained a modified gene. Then we implanted it into the embryonic cells of a female pig, and finally this One sow gave birth to 30 piglets, all of which were deficient in myostatin."

"However, their survival rate is really poor compared with normal pigs. Only 13 of the 30 piglets survived, and only half of them are relatively healthy. This pig is one of them."

Speaking of this, Huang Qin showed a relieved expression on his face, patted Xie Hui on the shoulder and said: "Brother, you can be regarded as looking forward to it. When it comes to raising pigs, this is really a technical job. I can't do it." , I will count on you from now on."

"This kind of muscular pig is a cooperative project with Muyuan Group. Fortunately, we are only responsible for gene editing, and they are responsible for the subsequent production and feeding. Otherwise, it is estimated that none of them will survive."

Xie Hui smiled and didn't speak, but he couldn't help feeling a little proud in his heart.

Huang Qin introduced it eloquently.

"Actually, this kind of muscular pig is not our first creation. There are similar projects abroad, but the survival rate is not high."

"You must have noticed that it has much more muscles than ordinary domestic pigs. The most prominent parts are the back, buttocks and limbs. This piglet is still small and not very obvious. When it grows up, these The muscles in the local area will become very scary, which is why they are called devil muscle pigs."

As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and showed Xie Hui some pictures of muscular pigs growing up, all of which were the results of foreign research institutions.

Sure enough, the adult muscular pig in the picture has a high bulge on its back, and its hips and limbs are extremely thick, showing a piece of muscle lines, like a mutated monster, which looks a bit scary.

"This is the Schwarzenegger in pigs. The meat is very good, but don't be intimidated by their appearance. We just performed simple gene editing, and did not transplant genetic information from other organisms into pigs. Safe and delicious."

"The reason why its muscles can grow so large is because there is no myostatin in the body. Generally, mammals have this factor in their bodies, so the skeletal muscles will not grow infinitely. Without it, the skeletal muscles of animals will be excessive. develop, become abnormally hypertrophic.”

"So from a scientific point of view, if a person lacks this factor, the muscles in the body will lose control and become a muscular man like the Hulk. Of course, it's not that exaggerated."

Xie Hui nodded: "I probably understand, it really is amazing, but why is the survival rate of piglets so low?"

"Genetically modified piglets will grow very large when they develop in the mother's body, but the birth canal of female pigs cannot expand infinitely, so it is easy to cause dystocia."

Xie Hui was puzzled and said, "Cesarean section is a difficult delivery, it should improve the survival rate."

Huang Qin scratched his forehead and said with some embarrassment: "I didn't think of this at the beginning. I will have experience in the future."

He coughed lightly, changed the subject, and said.

"In addition, the piglets that survived by chance also have different degrees of congenital diseases, such as heart muscle hypertrophy, tongue hypertrophy, or lung problems. In addition, the skeletal muscles grow too large, which is also a kind of oppression on bones and joints. , There will be such and such problems after a long time."

Xie Hui was stunned for a moment, and said, "Then it's not easy to feed."

Huang Qin chuckled: "Brother, it depends on you."

"Actually, my genetic research on domestic pigs is also to find out the genes that control organ development in their bodies, and to see how these genes will affect the internal organs after being edited or changed."

"Like this myostatin, it will have a negative impact on heart development. If the pig's heart is to develop normally, it cannot move."

"Don't worry about the survival rate. It can be improved slowly. Look at the 30 sows, which look ordinary on the outside, but they are actually genetically modified. It's just that the genetic modification is the disease resistance gene, so they are so healthy and lively."

"We now want to see if this kind of muscular pigs can be crossed with disease-resistant pigs to naturally produce a batch of pig breeds that can grow a lot of muscle. One is to increase meat production and see if this characteristic can stabilize genetics and Optimize and breed excellent meat pig breeds.”

"The other is to see if there will be some problems after genetic modification, and if there is a solution."

"In fact, there are similar products in nature. There is a kind of devil muscle beef. It is the product of natural gene mutation. It has been served on human tables and has become an expensive delicacy."

"This kind of muscle beef has good quality, high meat yield, fast growth, and is very delicious, but it also has the problem of low survival rate, so it has not been promoted to the whole world."

"So we wanted to do something in domestic pigs to see if we could develop a better breed."

Xie Hui agreed: "It's really a great research. If the meat production of domestic pigs can be greatly increased and the growth rate can be accelerated, it will definitely produce huge economic benefits, and the price of pork will be greatly reduced. The common people will no longer worry about pork. The price increase is unaffordable.”

"However," he thought for a while and asked cautiously, "Can this kind of pork be accepted by everyone? If ordinary people see such a muscular pig, will they think it is a monster?"

He thought to himself, if his parents saw the devil muscle pig, they would probably think that the whole body was full of hormones, and they must worry about whether they would get sick if they ate it.

Huang Qin said with a meaningful smile: "This depends on the marketing method. There is a saying that consumers need to be educated and trained."

"Don't think too much about it. Most of these pork can't be eaten by outsiders. This pig farm is not big. It's enough to raise two or three hundred pigs. At most, it can be sold to the cafeteria. It's not enough for everyone to digest internally. .”

Xie Hui was taken aback: "Is this pig not for sale?"

"You don't know, in fact, this organic farm was set up by Mr. Wei for his family. Later, he simply did scientific research and made various delicacies at the same time. It is an internal benefit for everyone. There are many such genetically modified vegetables in our cafeteria. The melons and fruits are very delicious."

"Now the country is very supportive of genetically modified crops, and has also loosened part of the control. Genetically modified animals and plants will be a new outlet full of opportunities. The Academy of Agricultural Sciences and many companies are engaged in this business. They want to develop high-yield and delicious food. new species."

"It's just that agriculture is relatively popular, showing a state of blooming, and many new varieties are on the market. You can go to some high-end supermarkets, and you should be able to buy them."

"In terms of animal husbandry, there are also some excellent research results, but they have not been officially launched to the market."

"However, those companies focus on production. We pay more attention to quality, pursuing green, organic, pollution-free, and additive-free. At the same time, we must adopt various high-tech methods, whether it is automated breeding or genetic modification. .”

"Technology and hard work, all used, this is the real future of agriculture."

Hearing these words, Xie Hui was fascinated, and his heart was full of passion, and he blurted out immediately: "This is also the agriculture I want."

He suddenly lowered his head and looked at his feet. In his eyes, this short and fat little piglet turned into a bright red and moist fat pork chop, which was sizzling on the charcoal fire.

"I don't know how delicious it is, I really want to taste it."

Xie Hui couldn't help but licked his lips, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and felt itchy in his heart, as if ants were crawling.

Huang Qin saw his expression, and said triumphantly: "Well, you are hungry, I know, you can rest assured to wait for the pigs to be slaughtered, and your share of the meat will definitely be indispensable."

Suddenly his phone rang, he glanced at it, and immediately said: "Come on, don't stand here, there are chickens waiting for you to receive."

Xie Hui was surprised: "The chicks are here too? Are they also genetically modified?"

Huang Qin walked out and said, "Yes, there are about 100 of them, all of which have been genetically modified."

The two came to the chicken coop and saw workers transporting chickens inside.

The little yellow chick is packed in a cardboard box and makes a crisp chirping sound. It is so fluffy and cute.

"These are 50 white-feathered chickens, all of which are disease-resistant and food-saving varieties, and can resist diseases such as bird flu."

"There are 50 Sanhuang chickens. We modified them ourselves. We edited the genes that control the growth of chickens. We mainly want to see if we can increase their growth speed."

Huang Qin explained while counting the chickens in the box.

"In the beginning, we bought a few chickens, including both roosters and hens. Then we genetically edited the sperm of the roosters and sent them into the hens. Some gene-edited eggs were produced, and these chickens were born after hatching."

"This is the first time we have studied this kind of chicken. We don't know how it will grow in the future. If you find any problems, please let me know at any time."

Xie Hui nodded, took the chickens out of the box, and put them in different grids.

As soon as the little chick came out, he walked on the ground a few times and cried louder.

Huang Qin frowned and said, "Why is this chicken crowing all the time? There's nothing wrong with it."

Xie Hui chuckled and said, "That's because the chickens are hungry and clamoring for food."

He turned around and took out the feed that had been prepared earlier from the corner. It was a paste made of cornmeal and millet soaked in water, and some protein powder and chopped green vegetables were added to it.

As soon as they fell into the feed trough, the chickens fell silent, no longer shouting loudly, but turned into dry rice chickens one by one, and buried their heads in eating.

Huang Qin was also silent, and it took him a long time to give a thumbs up, and praised: "As expected of a professional. If I were to raise them, these chicks probably wouldn't live for three days."

Xie Hui smiled shyly: "There is a specialization in art. You do a good job in research, and I can't match it. Besides, I have raised chickens since I was a child, and I have been helping to feed them. I am too familiar with these tasks."

Huang Qin nodded, silently took out a kraft paper box from his backpack, and handed it over.

"What is this?" Xie Hui took it and shook it, feeling that it was heavy and heavy, and his head was full of question marks.

Huang Qin smiled mysteriously: "Good thing, you will know when you open it."

"Wait, I'm going to wash my hands."

Xie Hui ran back after washing his hands, opened the paper box and saw a bag of dark red rice inside.

The rice grains are distinct, like blood jade seeds, with a layer of red secretion oozing from the inside out, as if soaked in blood.

Xie Hui was stunned and couldn't believe his eyes for a moment: "Here, is this rice or something?"

"This is rice with lycopene, because it looks like it has been soaked in blood, so we call it blood rice."

Huang Qin put away the smile on his face, his expression became serious, and said.

"Have you heard of golden rice? It is a kind of golden yellow rice obtained by transferring the carotene converting enzyme system into the rice endosperm through transgenic technology. It is rich in carotene and vitamin A. Eating it can treat vitamin A. Deficiency."

"This is an extraordinary application of genetically modified technology in crops. Since then, a bizarre world has been completely opened up."

"Blood rice also comes from the same way. Through gene editing technology, a new gene code is inserted into rice, which can regulate the synthesis of lycopene protein in the endosperm, so that rice can also be rich in lycopene."

"Rice? Lycopene?" Xie Hui was taken aback for a while, but still hadn't reacted.

"Yes, lycopene is the strongest known antioxidant substance. The human body cannot synthesize it and can only be absorbed through diet."

Huang Qin said leisurely: "But eating tomatoes alone is useless, because lycopene is insoluble in water, and it is difficult to be digested and absorbed in the human body."

"After lycopene is combined with the protein in blood rice, it can dissolve in water and be easily absorbed by the body."

"This is our latest research result. If it spreads out, it will definitely trigger a red frenzy."

"Because the health function of blood rice is very powerful, eating it can not only resist oxidation, enhance the body's immunity, but also lower blood fat, prevent coronary heart disease, and even fight cancer."

"Anti-cancer? Lowering blood fat? Anti-oxidation?"

Xie Hui immediately remembered that his father was getting old, his body was not in good shape, he had a heart attack and high blood pressure, he smoked a lot, coughed frequently, and his liver was a little sick, either way.

His eyes widened in an instant, and he hugged the paper box tightly in his arms, for fear of being snatched away.

Seeing this, Huang Qin laughed: "Good brother, a little greeting, as long as you like it."

After speaking, he patted his backpack again, and whispered: "Brother, I have a lot of good things here, I wish us a happy cooperation in the future."

Xie Hui licked his lips, nodded frantically, and finally choked out a word.

"Brother Huang, from now on, you will be my brother."