Re: [DIYbio] Random gene?

If they're indeed already "to be expressed" then you might be able to
repress them like these folks did for flowers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_interference#History

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Olivia Gallup :)
<olivia.gallup@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Is there a DNA sequence/device that can randomly pick a gene out of a group
> of genes to be expressed? For instance, if there are 5 different
> pigmentation proteins encoded in the DNA but you only want one of them to be
> expressed at a time, can you make the cell pick one of the colors at random?
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