AquAdvantage® Salmon | BCH-LMO-SCBD-104725 | Living Modified Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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Living Modified Organism (LMO)
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Decisions on the LMO Risk Assessments  
published: 21 Feb 2013 last updated: 13 Mar 2013
Living Modified Organism identity
The image below identifies the LMO through its unique identifier, trade name and a link to this page of the BCH. Click on it to download a larger image on your computer. For help on how to use it go to the LMO quick-links page.
AquAdvantage® Salmon
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EO-1α
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AquAdvantage® Salmon was modified with the insertion of a growth hormone gene from Chinook salmon. This results in a salmon that grows to market size in half the normal amount of time.
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The term “Recipient organism” refers to an organism (either already modified or non-modified) that was subjected to genetic modification, whereas “Parental organisms” refers to those that were involved in cross breeding or cell fusion.
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Characteristics of the modification process
opAFP-GHc2/ pUC18
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  • Microinjection
Some of these genetic elements may be present as fragments or truncated forms. Please see notes below, where applicable.
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-104722-2 Antifreeze Polypeptide Promoter | Zoarces americanus (Ocean pout, Poodler, Mother-of-eels, Muttonfish, North-Atlantic ocean pout, ZOAAM)
    Promoter
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-104723-2 Growth Hormone gene | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook Salmon, King Salmon, ONCTS)
    Protein coding sequence | Changes in physiology and/or production (Growth rate)
  • BCH-GENE-SCBD-104724-2 Antifreeze Polypeptide Terminator | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook Salmon, King Salmon, ONCTS)
    Terminator
The inserted fragment of the chinook salmon growth hormone coding sequence also contains portions of the 5' and 3' untranslated sequences of the GH gene
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LMO characteristics
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  • Food
Detection method(s)
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