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> As a precaution, the fish are all female and contain three copies of each chromosome rather than two, rendering them sterile. They won't replace atlantic sal
by allerratio 14y ago
> As a precaution, the fish are all female and contain three copies of each chromosome rather than two, rendering them sterile.
They won't replace atlantic salmon
- sliverstorm 14y agoBut what if they mate and spread their mutant genes? I don't think you understand how this works. /troll
- adulau 14y agoDo you know a way to have 100% triploid female in a set of 1 million females?
- twiceaday 14y agoNature will find a way.
- jaequery 14y ago"But the sterilization process is not perfect; up to 5% of treated salmon could still reproduce."