August 10, 2016

Did you know that zebrafish can glow in the dark? The zebrafish is a great model organism for research. It produces offsprings every week (spawning occurs during the morning), has transparent embryo (so we can observe them), and shares 70% of our genes. It's also a popular aquarium fish because of its robust nature. To make zebrafish even more popular, Yorktown Technologies genetically modified them to be different colors and glow in the dark. Thus they are called GloFish. They are the only genetically modified animal available to the public in the US.