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The common zebra danio is a mundane, brownish, tropical freshwater fish commonly bought by folks just starting an aquarium. But a little genetic tweaking and bio-engineering is making the humble zebra ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, reversing an earlier decision to regulate all genetically altered animals, announced on Tuesday that it sees no need to scrutinize a tropical zebra fish ...
They're bright, they're shiny, and aquarium keepers have been clamoring for them for weeks. GloFish, a tiny zebra fish genetically altered to glow under normal lights, made their official debut at ...
Most kids these days would rather look at an Xbox than a 10-gallon fish tank, but all is not lost. Introducing youngsters to fish-keeping can end well if you set things up for success. Since the first ...
They're about an inch long, head to tail. They feast on flakes. To anyone uninitiated in the intricate hierarchy of fish, they're likely to be mistaken for lowly guppies. But because they also emit a ...
The average survival rate for our Zebrafish (ZF) embryos was 65%. When it was time to create our next generation of Wild Type (WT) (used for embryo production), we decided to run a trial focussing on ...
Physicists are also interested in fish -- above all when they are researching the formation of structures. A research team has examined the schooling behavior of zebra danio (Danio rerio, also known ...
Those looking to spice up their aquariums with some controversial little fish will get the chance this week — though they may have trouble immediately finding the genetically engineered, ...
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) yesterday entered four Christchurch premises in response to information that people at those addresses were breeding and/or selling genetically modified aquarium ...
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) yesterday entered four Christchurch premises in response to information that people at those addresses were breeding and/or selling genetically modified aquarium ...