19.07.2011 - 21:50 [ Huffpost Green ]

Salmon Breeding: Genetically Modified Salmon Can Breed With Wild Species, Study Finds

Transgenic salmon may not be as interested in the opposite sex as their wild, robust counterparts – but they do have enough sex drive to alter natural populations.

That’s the conclusion of a team of Canadian scientists who observed the breeding behavior of laboratory-reared, genetically modified salmon and wild salmon for two years.