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Re: red glofish,1 first, when are blue, cyan, green, and yellow fluorescent Danio going to be available commercially? Skeletal muscle expression of green and yellow fluorescent proteins were published ...
Back in 2003, biotech company Yorktown Technologies developed a genetically modified fluorescent fish that was neon-bright and glowed in the dark under ...
The GloFish for sale in American pet stores, distributed by Yorktown Technologies of Austin, Texas, are descendants of these genetically altered fish, which continue to express red fluorescence ...
California's Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday refused to allow the sale of the genetically altered GloFish in the state, with one commissioner saying that it seemed frivolous to tinker with ...
Fluorescent red GloFish may be making a big splash across the nation, but they've barely made a ripple in Billings since their recent introduction. GloFish were invented by scientists at the ...
Zebrafish, which have been genetically modified to flouresce red and green, are marketed as GloFish in the United States. Ed Wray / AP. March 13, 2004, 2:06 AM EST / Source: ...
Future of GloFish in California Looks a Little Bit Brighter. By Kenneth R ... have asked California to make an exception for a zebra fish infused with the red fluorescent gene of a sea anemone. ...
The GloFish is the only pet for sale to have its genes altered simply for human amusement. And while few are suggesting that green and red cats are dogs are next — some fear the technology has ...
Beyond those concerns, though, Snell has a more basic objection. He’s just not impressed with the GloFish, which, in normal light, displays a red streak. Only under black light does the GloFish ...
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.
Okay, this is a fish story. But it's not about the big one that got away; it's about the little ones arriving in stores next month called "GloFish." They're ornamental pets, nothing more. Yet they ...