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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

29 May 2013 Last updated at 02:46 ET
GM salmon can breed with wild fish and pass on genes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22694239

This image of transgenic salmon next to an unmodified salmon of the same
age shows how the GM fish grow far more quickly
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 The potential risks of genetically modified fish escaping into the wild
have been highlighted in a new study.

Scientists from Canada have found that transgenic Atlantic salmon can
cross-breed with a closely related species - the brown trout.

The fish, which have been engineered with extra genes to make them grow
more quickly, pass on this trait to the hybrid offspring.
The research is published the Proceedings of the Royal Society
B<http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.1047>