Genetic Enthusiast Gifts

The study found humans have only about twice the number of genes as a fruit fly. Of course, the data could be off a bit. It was done by researchers who had only about twice the number of genes as a fruit fly.

"Frankly I'm a bit confused. According to the genetic printout this gentleman is, in fact, a goat

'I'm a good shopper. I know how to find bargains. I think it's genetic. My mother always said that when she married my dad, she got a real bargain.'

"Your look of total bewilderment - does it run in the family?"

'He's making tremendous progress. last week he had three tails.'

"She takes after her father."

"He was the lifeguard at the gene pool."

"Ooh, Dave. Your DNA results have come back! According to this, you're 10% German, 15% Irish, and 75% layabout."

Gifts for a cloned baby!

'Upon entering the rain forest...' 'Thousands of unknown species, and we can fool around with the genes of every one of them.'

"Something's wrong with the broccoli. Please take it back to the kitchen and have it genetically modified."

"On the eighth day, God found a lot of assembly parts left over."

'Oh dear. He's got my eyes.'

"I've been genetically modified!"

School. I like solving problems with X's and Y's, so I'll probably go into either math or genetics!

"My problem is a recessive gene for honesty and a dominant gene for robbery."

'Friends, lab rats, country mice, lend me your ears...'

"...I think we've found the missing link!"

'At present, my son and I are extremely interested in genetics and heredity.'

Evolution...the dandy lion.

Charles Darwin

Genetic Fingerprinting.

'A geneticist laid bare my genetic blueprint, and I feel violated.'

'Eureka! I found the gene that causes people to sell low and buy high!'

Figures from 'Ascent of Man' diagram all do the Conga: 'Let's all fo the Conga, na-na-na-na ...'

Ideas that failed: Goliath Goats.

'Well, look who has stock in Genomes-R-Us.'

'That's interesting -- I seem to have discovered the gene that makes people want to become geneticists.'

Uncle Mort, have you been playing with your home genetic engineering kit again? Guilty. I was trying to clone my own DNA. For laughs, I mixed up my genes with compost. Mixed up? Technically, cross-bred. Trump is a meathead! Well, you're a vegetable.

Preparing for Casual Friday at the Genome Lab

'We've created a teenager!'

'Darling, we were made for each other.'

'The future of medicine' "It's genomics." "I'd say proteins." "Same as always: economics."

'He's got your tattoos.'

DNA Xmas.