10K Yolanda Lin
Introduction to an issue and solution:
Since the 1990s, the habitat reduction and overfishing, the
number of wild salmon abruptly decreased. The salmon in
the ocean is limited. The traditional salmon need to spend
approximately24 to 36 months to grow up.
we can change the growth hormone in the genes in the
salmon. It can Protect marine ecology, and it can meet the
needs of the eating on the human. The traditional salmon
need to spend 32 to 36 months to grow up. Genetically
engineered salmon just need 16 to 18 months to grow up.
Strengths and Weaknesses:
Strengths:
It can reduce the time of the salmon grow, this kind of the
salmon also can grow year-round instead of only during
spring and summer. The genetically engineered salmon
effect to the economy, because when the production time
be reduced the amount of the salmon will be increased.
Weaknesses:
Survival in new habitats: These adaptations could pose a
risk if GM salmon were to be released into the wild.
The rate of growth: The studies suggest this accelerated
maturity of GM salmon does not provide a reproduction
advantage over wild-type.
Swimming capabilities: AquAdvantage salmon lack in
swimming capabilities compared to wild-type salmon.
Reproductive competition:
Evaluation:
The Genetically engineered salmon can meet the needs of the eating on the human. It also can help us promote
the economy of some part of people, it can be solved the problem of the salmon in the ocean is limited. But at
some time it extending other issues, our nature cannot fully accept Genetically engineered salmon. I think we
need to find out the balance between the Genetically engineered salmon and the salmon in the wild.
Fast-growing salmon
Development and the skill of spinning the fast-growing salmon:
This skill was developed in 1989 the Ph. D. Garth Fletcher changed the growth hormone in Atlantic
salmon, made salmon can grow in all year round. AquAdvantage salmon are triploid (having three sets
of chromosomes whereas most animals have two sets ) female Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), with a
single copy of the opAFP-GHc2 construct, which codes for a promoter sequence from ocean pout
directing the production of a growth hormone protein using coding sequence from Chinook salmon.
(“AquAdvantage Salmon.”)
The genetic engineering salmon get two different
genes. One is from Chinook salmon, the other one is
from Ocean pout. Chinook salmon, the gene for the
protein-coding sequence is taken and inserted into the
fertilised egg. Ocean pout, the gene for antifreeze
protein is taken an inserted into the fertilised egg. After
that, we put those two things into the fertilised of
Atlantic Salmon. In the end, it produces GM salmon.
(“Ready to Eat: the First GM Fish for the Dinner Table.”)
Global factor:
Fast-growing salmon related to the
environmental.
On this table, we can see the Global Capture
production for species tonnes was decreasing
from 1990 to 2014. Wild populations are
generally at very low levels, and capture has
seen a significant decline. (“Fisheries and
Aquaculture Department.”) That means we
(“Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.”)
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