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No, just the complete DNA of a frog to fill in the holes
TL;DR they're trying to use alligator DNA to make catfish more resistant to infections in fish farms. >

Exactly - they'll be "nearly identical to the farm-raised catfish sold in grocery stores".
Unless they aren't. >

Life, uh, finds a way. >

Bob Ross as a geneticist:  "Happy little accidents" >

I always wondered, growing up, where my dad got that quote from.. >

Mom said I was a happy accident. Dad told me I was planned. Either Dad is trying to spare my feelings in some way or it is a testament to how poor my parent’s communication was back then. I find both explanations equally plausible. >

Schrödinger's pregnancy? >

Schrödinger's condom (the pregnancy was observable). >

Southerners must be looking forward to going catfish noodling in hard mode. >

Time to level up >

'Bama finally got smart enough to science and this is what they did >

Wait til they figure out how to reverse the deleterious effects of inbreeding >

Mother of God >

Yeah, she can bang the son of God. >

Can we call them Ali-cats for short? >

I will have one Cattigator >

Coming up, valued customer!  Have you signed our liability waiver and non-disclosure agreement already or should I bring that right over to you? >

Sounds like a direct to video horror movie plot >

Never go back to alligator-catfish lake >

Transgenic, not hybrids. Maybe that word is too complicated for Alabama? >

I ain’t eatin no woke TRANS fish!!!
/s if you haven’t figured that out yet. >

But Marrying your first cousin is a tradition >

Russia is the Motherland, Germany is the Fatherland, and Alabama is the Kissin' Cousinland. >

Dear God, they didn't mix in any raptor DNA did they?