The rainbow trout’s enhanced muscle mass is between 15 to 20 per cent higher than that of a standard fish, thanks to Professor Bradley’s research into the inhibition of myostatin, a protein that slows growth. The increased muscle mass will have commercial benefits in that larger fish can be grown without increasing the amount of food they need. While the physical differences in the fish include a prominent dorsal hump, making it look as if it has muscular shoulders, and the appearance of ‘six pack abs’, no differences in behaviour have been noted. BSE is a well known disorder that has been around longer than you realise, many tribes who practice canabalism suffer from this form of prion disease, caused by misfolding proteins NOT DNA or genetic modification. This fish will be used to understand the mechanims involed in muscle growth and could enable a cure for muscle wasting diseases. Population control is the only way forward, because ultimately it will be controlled by nature and when nature does its work , it can be quite brutal. read more
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