Purple transgenic fluorescent ornamental fish
AssigneeYorktown Technologies, L.P.
InventorsAlan Blake, Richard Crockett, Aidas Nasevicius
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Abstract
The present invention relates to transgenic purple ornamental fish, as well as methods of making such fish by in vitro fertilization techniques. Also disclosed are methods of establishing a population of such transgenic fish and methods of providing them to the ornamental fish industry for the purpose of marketing.
Claims22
A transgenic tetra comprising a chromosomally integrated expression cassette encoding a fluorescent protein, wherein the tetra comprises the “Purple tetra 1 transformation event,” sperm comprising the Purple tetra 1 transformation event having been deposited as ECACC accession no. 14011702.
A method of producing a transgenic tetra comprising:
- (a) obtaining a tetra that comprises a chromosomally integrated expression cassette encoding a fluorescent protein, wherein the tetra comprises the “Purple tetra 1 transformation event,” sperm comprising the Purple tetra 1 transformation event having been deposited as ECACC accession no. 14011702;
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- (b) breeding the obtained tetra with a second tetra to provide a transgenic tetra comprising the Purple tetra 1 transformation event.
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