Ribless Mouse Embryo This specimen of laboratory mouse was produced by Dr. Moises Mallo’s lab in Oeiras, Portugal. It was preserved using a technique that makes anomalies in the a...

Photosensitive E. coli Escherichia coli is a bacteria found in the human gut and a “model organism” for scientific research around the world. The variety shown here was genetically eng...

Phi X 174 Phi X 174 is a virus that infects bacteria, and the first biological entity to have its entire genome sequenced. While decoding the 5,000 bases (commonly...

Sterile Male Screwworm During the late 1950's a large-scale public works program was initiated to eradicate the live-flesh-eating screwworm plaguing cattle ranches across the American...

Triploid Atlantic Salmon Triploidy is a naturally occurring genetic anomaly in which an organism acquires three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two. In many organisms, including...

Transgenic American Chestnut Tree This variety of American Chestnut Tree (Castanea dentata) is engineered by a small team of researchers at the SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry program to...