Zebrafish “Glo-Fish” breeding–babies available to SWAP
I simply posted all of the links that had some kind of abstract or full paper without regard to whether it was pro or con… although I did snip some of the con things from the top two full length articles.
While I understand the so-called reasons for developing this GMO fish, I still don’t see where it is cheaper to use fish rather than a more simple organism. Also, based on Amanda’s cross breeding tests, the glofish offspring pick up traits from both parents so eventually the red, green and orange fish will cross breed into a grayish-brown mutant zebra danios… that’s presuming these fish would be let loose into public waterways to “monitor” the water conditions.
From the link you sent me, it seems I’m not the only one who leans towards these scientists having the Dr. Frankenstein complex. http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/news/0703/pdf/17-3-ST-GlowingFish.pdf is a published news article which starts off with “Did you know popular writer Michael Crichton’s futuristic thriller, ‘Next’, has a segment on the fishy work of a real-life… scientist?” (based on Professor Gong Zhiyuan).
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