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Growth of domesticated transgenic fish

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A growth-hormone transgene boosts the size of wild but not domesticated trout.

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Figure 1: Effect of growth hormone in domestic and wild salmonids.

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    Robert H. Devlin, Carlo A. Biagi, Timothy Y. Yesaki & Duane E. Smailus

  2. Monsanto Corporation, St Louis, 63198, Missouri, USA

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Devlin, R., Biagi, C., Yesaki, T. et al. Growth of domesticated transgenic fish. Nature 409, 781–782 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35057314

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