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OMIA:002968-8030 : Growth hormone increase, GH1-related in Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)

Categories: Growth / size / body region phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 139250 (gene)

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: no

Species summary: AquAdvantage® Salmon is a transgenic strain of Atlantic salmon with of a supplementary copy of the growth hormone (GH) extracted from Oncorhynchus tshawhytscha (GMO).

Species-specific name: AquAdvantage® Salmon

Genetic engineering: Yes - variants have been created artificially, e.g. by genetic engineering or gene editing
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002968-8030: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2025 Fajardo, C., Macedo, M., Buha, T., De Donato, M., Costas, B., Mancera, J.M. :
Genetically modified animal-derived products: From regulations to applications. Animals (Basel) 15:1570, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40509036. DOI: 10.3390/ani15111570.
2022 Ignatz, E.H., Hori, T.S., Kumar, S., Benfey, T.J., Braden, L.M., Runighan, C.D., Westcott, J.D., Rise, M.L. :
RNA-Seq analysis of the growth hormone transgenic female triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) hepatic transcriptome reveals broad temperature-mediated effects on metabolism and other biological processes. Front Genet 13:852165, 2022. Pubmed reference: 35677560. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.852165.
Okoli, A.S., Blix, T., Myhr, A.I., Xu, W., Xu, X. :
Sustainable use of CRISPR/Cas in fish aquaculture: the biosafety perspective. Transgenic Res 31:1-21, 2022. Pubmed reference: 34304349. DOI: 10.1007/s11248-021-00274-7.
2020 Ignatz, E.H., Braden, L.M., Benfey, T.J., Caballero-Solares, A., Hori, T.S., Runighan, C.D., Fast, M.D., Westcott, J.D., Rise, M.L. :
Impact of rearing temperature on the innate antiviral immune response of growth hormone transgenic female triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Shellfish Immunol 97:S1050-4648(19)31220-3:656-668, 2020. Pubmed reference: 31891812. DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.12.081.
Soga, K., Nakamura, K., Ishigaki, T., Kimata, S., Ohmori, K., Kishine, M., Mano, J., Takabatake, R., Kitta, K., Nagoya, H., Kondo, K. :
Development of a novel method for specific detection of genetically modified Atlantic salmon, AquAdvantage, using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Food Chem 305:S0308-8146(19)31541-9:125426, 2020. Pubmed reference: 31522124. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125426.
2019 Soga, K., Nakamura, K., Ishigaki, T., Kimata, S., Ohmori, K., Kishine, M., Mano, J., Takabatake, R., Kitta, K., Nagoya, H., Kondo, K. :
Data representing applicability of developed growth hormone 1 (GH1) gene detection method for detecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at high specificity to processed salmon commodities. Data Brief 27:104695, 2019. Pubmed reference: 31720342. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104695.
2016 Hafsa, A.B., Nabi, N., Zellama, M.S., Said, K., Chaouachi, M. :
A new specific reference gene based on growth hormone gene (GH1) used for detection and relative quantification of Aquadvantage® GM salmon (Salmo salar L.) in food products. Food Chem 190:S0308-8146(15)00956-5:1040-1045, 2016. Pubmed reference: 26213073. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.06.064.
2012 Clausen, R., Longo, S.B. :
The tragedy of the commodity and the farce of AquAdvantage Salmon. Dev Change 43:229-51, 2012. Pubmed reference: 22662348. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01747.x.
2009 Butler, T.M., Fletcher, G.L. :
Promoter analysis of a growth hormone transgene in Atlantic salmon. Theriogenology 72:62-71, 2009. Pubmed reference: 19324402. DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.02.007.
2004 Fletcher, G.L., Shears, M.A., Yaskowiak, E.S., King, M.J., Goddard, S.V. :
Gene transfer: Potential to enhance the genome of Atlantic salmon for aquaculture. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 44:1095–1100, 2004. DOI: 10.1071/EA03223.
Tibbetts, S.M., Wall, C.L., Barbosa-Solomieu, V., Bryenton, M.D., Plouffe, D.A., Buchanan, J.T., Lall, S.P :
Effects of combined ‘All-Fish’ growth hormone transgenics and triploidy on growth and nutrient utilization of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed a practical grower diet of known composition. Aquaculture 406-407:141–152, 2004. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.05.005.

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