Reply To: just wondering
I know this post is a bit old, but just saw it. I believe the inter-species chimeras that Yorktown Tech created are actually patented, which explains their insistence on nobody else creating them. While I’m not as opposed to the company’s ‘creative’ efforts as Steve is, he is definitely on the right scent re: their incentive. Because the glofish (which have a stunning brilliant color in normal lighting, not just under UV) are viable, their combined genetic composition breeds true, but here’s the catch: breeding them (not to mention selling the young) constitutes *patent infringement*. More than one reason to avoid buying them, not the least of which it is illegal for a regular Joe to breed them in a home aquarium.