<html><head></head><body><div><span data-mailaddress="test@ssec.wisc.edu" data-contactname="Bill Hibbard" class="clickable"><span title="test@ssec.wisc.edu">Bill Hibbard</span><span class="detail"> <test@ssec.wisc.edu></span></span> , 15/2/2015 4:06 PM:<br><blockquote class="mori" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:2px blue solid;padding-left:1ex;">> Any others?
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<br>Say it with blue roses:
<br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_rose#Genetically_engineered_roses
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Neat idea! Somewhat related, and way more personal, is to give flowers with your own DNA:</div><div>http://www.ekac.org/nat.hist.enig.html</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">"The new flower is a Petunia strain that I invented and produced through molecular biology. It is not found in nature. The Edunia has red veins on light pink petals and a gene of mine is expressed on every cell of its red veins, i.e., my gene produces a protein in the veins only [2]. The gene was isolated and sequenced from my blood. The petal pink background, against which the red veins are seen, is evocative of my own pinkish white skin tone. The result of this molecular manipulation is a bloom that creates the living image of human blood rushing through the veins of a flower."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">You can say: </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Petunias are red,</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Roses are blue,</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Thaumatin is sweet,</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">And so are you.</font></div></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Here is a flower, I made it myself.</span><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I really ought to do that. And of course, one can add love poetry to the genome. </font></div><div><br>Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University</div></body></html>