ocean pout
Americannoun
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Me have Atlantic and Chinook genes mixed with touch of ugly eel-like ocean pout.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2015
AquAdvantage, produced by Massachusetts-based AquaBounty, is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone from a Chinook salmon and has been given a gene from the ocean pout, an eel-like fish.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2015
The company created the fish from an Atlantic salmon, adding growth hormone from Chinook salmon from the Pacific and a gene from a fish called an ocean pout to help it grow faster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2015
The second gene, which came from an eel-like creature known as the ocean pout, ensured that the salmon pumped out the growth hormone all year round.
From BusinessWeek ● May 22, 2014
AquaBounty’s fish is an Atlantic salmon with two added genetic elements: a Chinook salmon growth hormone gene and an on-off switch from the ocean pout, another edible fish.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2012
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