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Title: Beter Control of Reproduction in Trout and Salmon May Be in Aquaculture’s Future
Date: july 23 2010
Summary (8-10 sentences)
ARS scientists have developed a more efficient way to produce Atlantic salmon that are sterile so they grow faster and cannot interbreed with wild salmon. the methothed will make it so that each fich fish will have 3 sets of chromosomes instead of them only having 2. If the fish have 3 chromosomes they cant reproduce. the food the fish eat will be shifted from reproduction to growth because they fish have 3 chromosomes. the fish will get bigger and the fisherman will be happier. The scientists are also going to see if the the 3 chromosomes will help cure diseses of the fish. but the down side to this it that the fish cant reproduce. This might be good though because the fish wont be able to cross bread with other fish.
What you found most interesting about the article and why (4-6 sentences)
I found this artical interesting because it explains about what 3 chromosems will do to the fish if it had 3 chromosomes. The fish would get bigger. and it would mmake it so the fish cant cross breed with other salmon. i also found this article interesting because the fish cant reproduce
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