Scientists Clone Insect Using Lemmy’s DNA
Scientists in Halifax, Nova Scotia have successfully cloned an insect using the DNA of legendary rocker Lemmy. A team from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia debuted the insect at the Clone World conference in Geneva Switzerland.
The team led by Dr. Helga Pataki, sucked several nuclei out of developing fly embryos, and injected them into a fertilized fly egg containing Lemmy’s DNA. From over 800 initial attempts, they conjured five adult insects, the group reports in the journal Fun With Genetics. Only one survived.
Lemmy of course, is Lemmy Kilmister, the founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of the influential Heavy Metal band, Motorhead. it is said that Kilmister ingested a bottle of Jack Daniels and a new groupie every day for 40 years. Lemmy’s mum once described him as “a living, breathing, drinking and snorting fookin’ legend. No one else comes close.”
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Motorhead was known as the loudest, dirtiest, smelliest Rock n Roll band in the world and Lemmy was the leader. Jack Daniels for breakfast, groupies for lunch and speed for dinner was the bands M.O. Lemmy passed away in 2015 and his DNA was stored away in a special lab located in the basement of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Lemmy’s moles are stored in a vault in Germantown, New York.
The insects are the first ever cloned using a rock star DNA. Although back in 2004, a fruit fly was accidentally crossed with the DNA of pop singer Richard Marx. The fruit fly died of boredom. Asked why the team used Lemmy’s DNA, Dr Pataki stated, “He is the God of Rock n Roll. Fookin’ Motorhead Man, they rock. The question you should be asking is why wouldn’t I use Lemmy’s DNA.”
The new cloned insect known as Lemmus Drosophilius genus or Little Lemmy, is doing well and thriving. Dr Pataki told Madhouse News, “The first thing little Lemmy did was go for my glass of Jack Daniels and then raid the cage with all the female insects. He’s a devil that one. Little Lemmy can play a tiny little bass and sing ‘Ace of Spades’. He will go on tour next year.”
After news of the successful cloning hit, the Scientific community was abuzz with shock, excitement, anger and jealousy. Joseph Peccerillo, who studies mouse cloning at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, called the Nova Scotia team a bunch of hacks. “Anyone can clone a rock star with an insect. My grandmother could do that. Try doing it with a mouse you weirdos.”
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