I have questions on glo fish

Question

do they hurt glo fish when they genetically alter them??are the fish harmed in any way?? if you breed them will they come out like glo fish or like the zebra fish they were originally made from?? how do they genetically alter them? is it bad??

Answer 1

i'll just answer one point. if you breed them, the young will look like their parents. most of them. i bred a pair of pin glofish just to satisfy my curiosity. my results were, half the offspring looked like the parents, the other half were still glofish but they were yellowish instead of pink like their parents.. of course, this applies only to my particular pair and doesnt prove anything,  

second anwerer already covered the other questions

Answer 2

1. no they fry will have a glow without being injected only the first few fish have been injected and all the petshops should have fry bred of these fish

2. no they are not harmed

3. yes like a glofish (thats why it docent hurt)

4.thy inject them with stuff from i think jellyfish or coral

5.is it bad: well i personally dont like them

its your own opinion  

Answer 3

All of your questions can be answered by reading the information officially released by the company.  Click here:  http://www.glofish.com/about.asp I have read that page and now I can answer your questions.  

1.  Does it hurt the fish to be genetically altered?  Nope, a glofish doesn't feel any discomfort at all.  The anemone genes are added when the fish is still a very tiny egg, before it's ever born, and the cell doesn't feel anything when it has the DNA added to it.  The fish grows up never knowing that it was modified.  

2.  Are the fish harmed?  Nope.  They just glow.

3.  If you breed them what happens?  A direct quote from the company says, "Each new GloFish® fluorescent fish inherits its unique color directly from its parents, maintains the color throughout its life, and passes the color along to its offspring."  That doesn't really tell you if it's a dominant trait or not.  I'd bet they're not going to tell you because it's patented.  

4.  How does genetic alteration happen?  Here, watch this video on how it works:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2jUMG2E-... (just the first minute or so.  The rest of the video is how to mass produce ampicillin by having bacteria produce it for you).  

5.  Is it bad?  Nope.  In fact, having glowing fish is helpful.  They are used as indicators.  Scientists find it easier to track fish that are glowing than fish who don't glow.  It makes life easier for the scientists.  And the fish don't care that they glow.  In fact, I think they're kind of pretty.  :)