My GMO Fish Glow in the Dark!

GloFish
@norcal (4889)
Franklinton, North Carolina
December 21, 2015 4:39pm CST
I have had an aquarium for years. My daughter is a fellow fish enthusiast. A couple of nights ago, she showed up at my house unexpectedly. She presented me with the newest additions to my community tank. These fish are genetically modified tetras. Their color was made by injecting genes from jellyfish and sea anemone into developing fish embryos. The resulting fish are then used to parent future generations of GloFish.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Dec 15
That's a bit different. I'm not fussed about GM anything really. I sometimes wonder where it will lead us.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Dec 15
@norcal Fair enough. It's pretty amazing that they can play with genes in this way, from one species to another.
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
23 Dec 15
@enlightenedpsych2 I would agree that is more important, but does this really take away from that? It's just a bit of fun. I know people are suspicious of messing around with genetics, but its funny that you mentioned conserving aquatic environments. I read that these fish were first developed to help study water pollution. I can't find the original article that I read, but here's what Wikipedia has to say about it.
Genetically modified fish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Zebrafish (Danio rerio) which have been genetically modified to express fluorescent colours. Genetically modified fish (GM fish) are organisms from the clade which includes the classes Agnat
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
22 Dec 15
Well, it is not like we are eating them! My daughter is studying biotechnology, so she thought they were interesting.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 15
It seems a bit Frankensteinish to meddle with nature to produce a new strain.
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
21 Dec 15
The were originally developed for scientific study. I guess we meddle with nature in many ways.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 15
@norcal That's true.
Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
23 Dec 15
@JakeOmatic How about having your appendix out? I guess nature would have meant for me to die.
celticeagle
@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Dec 15
Oh, how cool! It is amazing what they can do now days.
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paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
31 Dec 15
That is interesting!
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