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GloFish are unique creatures with vivid colors that will brighten up any tank. Scientists created them to help with ...
In their native South Asia, zebra danios are usually black-and-white striped, not red. Nor do the fish ordinarily shine intensely under black light, as the GloFish does.
Transgenic GloFish, like all zebra danios, are easy to raise, which makes them great for kids to try out. (The website contains lots of resources for kids and educators, too.) They can be fed ...
Albany- If you take a look at pet store aquariums, dozens of fish appear to glow, but its these little bio-engineered danios that have created the latest controversy. "Scientists took a zebra ...
The common zebra danio is a mundane, brownish, tropical freshwater fish commonly bought by folks just starting an aquarium.
Since Yorktown Technologies first sold its genetically modified pet — the GloFish — in 2003, the fluorescent fish, an altered variety of zebra fish, has become a popular aquarium item, with ...
In the case of the GloFish -- a zebra fish that glows red because it has been altered with a gene from a sea coral -- our staff told us there was little risk of hurting native species. Zebra fish ...
Aaron Sperling, manager of Soldan's Feeds & Pet Supplies in Bay City, Mich., tries to attract a genetically-modified red zebra danio "glofish" displayed in an observation container under ...
Combining the genes from a luminescent sea anemone with the genes from a black and white Zebra-Fish produced a fluorescent phenomenon priced at less than $10. But not everyone wants them ...
GloFish, a tiny zebra fish genetically altered to glow under normal lights, made their official debut at fish stores Monday, but local stores have been selling the fish and answering questions ...
Store manager Rebecca Gorley, store manager of The Pet Works, said the fish, called Zebra Danios recently became available for sale to pet stores. Each store was limited to 12 fish, and it's ...