Mamma mia, here comes the transgenic salmon! After the trout mutants, some time ago we are talking about a subject close enough .. but only in the title.
Some time ago, had appeared in the papers the news of 'super salmon
imminent arrival of the American
on the tables. Actually 'and this arrival' far from imminent, and 'in progress for years but a bloody battle on the legal and ecological that no one knows when it will end'.
But as usual I'm anticipating too much, first things first ..
In a nutshell the transgenic salmon and AquAdvantage 'version of a genetically modified Atlantic salmon by adding genes from chinook salmon. Without going into detail on the mechanisms and the main result of 'a fish that has no inhibition to growth hormone (GH) during the cold season and therefore continues to grow throughout the year. The growth and also 'stimulated and the results of culture, at least what the manufacturer says, seem to be exceptional growth up to 2 times more' fast, best conversion rate of 10-30%.
E 'old stuff, the Italian general media almost always arrive late on this news (never late like this blog, the post and 'been pending for months) and abroad what he had already' spoken for a while '. For example, if it was busy this British series that deals with biotechnology and food production already 'in 2007. others have engaged in a decidedly less enthusiastic about, such as the biological
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