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What are some possible consequences if transgenic salmon escape from their pens into the ocean population?

How might transgenic salmon affect the evolution of other salmon populations?
Do you think the FDA should give Aquabounty permission to grow and sell transgenic salmon? Why or why not?

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In this fragile environment, genetically engineered fish would compete with their wild counterparts for food and space, and could even potentially interbreed with them. They will also bring new diseases and cause changes to basic food webs and ecosystem processes that are difficult to anticipate.

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