GM salmon can breed with wild fish and pass on genes

[dipsydoodle]

The potential risks of genetically modified fish escaping into the wild have been highlighted in a new study.

Scientists from Canada have found that transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with a closely related species - the brown trout.

The fish, which have been engineered with extra genes to make them grow more quickly, pass on this trait to the hybrid offspring.

The research is published the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22694239

Hybridization between genetically modified Atlantic salmon and wild brown trout reveals novel ecological interactions http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1763/20131047

[Nay]

1. What's sad is that the GM fish farmers 'guaranteed' that all their GM fish were sterile

and wouldn't reproduce even if they got loose. As usual, this was a big fucking lie.

[raccoon]

2. Just like in JURASSIC PARK somebody said all the dinosaurs were female. Wrong! nt