20.109(F08): T/R Team Purple's Research Proposal: Difference between revisions
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*Side effects | *Side effects | ||
**Will light from glowing flowers mess up natural day/night cycle of bonsai? | **Will light from glowing flowers mess up natural day/night cycle of bonsai? | ||
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Proposal
We propose to genetically alter a bonsai plant so that its floral parts fluoresce (luminesce?) in the absense of external light.
Stuff to Consider
- Species of bonsai
- Gene/protein used for glowing
- Linking glowing gene/protein with plant processes governed by day/night cycles
- How to do this?
- Side effects
- Will light from glowing flowers mess up natural day/night cycle of bonsai?
- Will it mess up year-long cycles?
- Will life expectancy of bonsai decrease?
- Harmful to people? (It shouldn't be...)
- Additional requirements for plant upkeep? (because it might spend a lot of energy producing the glow)
Research
- Let's do it.
