Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Ocean Issues: Aquaculture

Genetically modified salmon can breed with wild salmon | California Watch

"Although transgenic males displayed reduced breeding performance relative to nontransgenics, both male reproductive phenotypes demonstrated the ability to participate in natural spawning events and thus have the potential to contribute genes to subsequent generations."

Darek T. R. Moreau, Corinne Conway, Ian A. Fleming (2011). Reproductive performance of alternative male phenotypes of growth hormone transgenic Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Evolutionary Applications

Article first published online: 4 JUL 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00196.x



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