The Use of Genetically Modified Salmon
Throughout history there has always been a need to produce large quantities of crops and livestock which contain the most desirable phenotype. Farmers select for these desirable traits on the most fundamental level employing techniques such as selective breeding and the use of fertilizers. However with the ever growing expansion of today's society the ability to produce sufficient resources using conventional agricultural methods is limited. The science of biotechnology has created a way to substantially increase the production of these limited resources. Biotechnology has allowed us to manipulate DNA leading to the creation of organisms expressing the most profitable traits. Aquatic biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology which is related to the marine environment. Recently the focus of aquatic biotechnology has been on fish production, specifically the production of Salmon.
Every new application of gene manipulation brings about......
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