![]() ![]() A company called AquaBounty has developed AquaAdvantage salmon, which have been genetically engineered to grow to full size twice as quickly as Atlantic salmon. Researchers have successfully inserted the gene for the production of the enzyme lysozyme into goats to make them produce ultra-healthy milk. Anthes takes readers on a fascinating-and often very funny-journey though all kinds of biotech applications in the animal world. Consumer desire for novelty has apparently trumped fear of the Frankenfish.Īnd that's only the beginning. Although acceptance of these transgenic "Glo-Fish" hit a few snags in California, they are now available in pet stores across the country. ![]() One enterprising researcher discovered that you could take DNA from fluorescent compounds in jellyfish and coral and infuse it into zebrafish embryos to make generations of glowing fish. ![]() Though we've long been cross-breeding animals, in recent years it has become possible to create completely new traits in them. For as this lively and entertaining book illustrates, animals everywhere are becoming the recipients of biotechnological advances that would make Dr. Emily Anthes has seen the future-and it glows. ![]()
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