Yellow shrimp

zwergkrebszuechter · Post by **zwergkrebszuechter** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:34 am

The research in genetically modifying crustaceans is not very advanced. Your egg-taking method would not work, because you need not-yet fertilized eggs. As soon as they are on the female shrimps body it is too late. I have read an article about crayfish. Here they cut hole in the carapace and injected the dna via a virus carrier I think directly in the ovaries. That did work.

I do not know what the situation is like in the USA, but here in Germany you would have to go through a lot of paperwork to issue genetically modified organisms. Apparently that is not the case in some Asian countries as we can see on the glow-fish.

TKD · Post by **TKD** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:47 am

They have glowfish for sale now in Canada, in Vancouver anyway.

TKD

zwergkrebszuechter · Post by **zwergkrebszuechter** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:01 am

I saw some in Germany too, once. But I would not be sure, that they are legal. Maybe they were just imported and bred without permit.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:36 am

Maybe they were just imported and bred without permit.

I think you may be right. Some people will do just about anything to make money