Watch out fellow males, you too could be recruited for a dastardly experiment. A fish researcher has created egg-laying male bluegills by giving the boys estrogen. Then he uses normal males to fertilize the male-produced eggs. The offspring? So-called "super males" that have two y chromosomes and can be counted on to mate with normal females to produce only male offspring.
Why? Because fish farmers prefer to raise male bluegills--they're twice as big as females and thus more profitable.
Amazing what some folks will do for a buck.
ReplyDeletewhat are bluegills being farmed for?
ReplyDeletebluegill are being farmed for food and as gamefish (to plant in lakes for fishing).
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