AquAdvantage GM salmon
AquAdvantage Bred salmon, bred by Aqua Bounty Farms in December 1997 and sacrificed in July 2000. The fish contains a growth hormone transgene, which results in the hormone being produced in many tissues, all year round.
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These salmon were siblings. The top, larger one was the first GM animal approved for consumption. Engineered with an added growth hormone, it grew all year round – unlike its smaller sibling, a regular Atlantic salmon, which just grew in spring and summer.
- Measurements:
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overall: 250 x 780 x 180 mm, including fins
- Materials:
- polyurethane , urethane , bone (animal) and papier-mâché, borax, epoxyulp, liquaplast
- Object Number:
- 2005-76/1
- type:
- salmon
