Prawn undergoes sex change surgery

Giant freshwater shrimp is people’s favorite river shrimp. Although it is one of the most widely cultivated shrimp species in the world, the supply still cannot keep up with the demand.

We usually don’t need 38 yuan to eat a prawn, but eating a meal of fresh shrimp is also a high expense.

If there is a way to increase shrimp production in large quantities, the price of shrimp can still be reduced. This giant freshwater shrimp is people's favorite river shrimp, although it is one of the most widely cultivated shrimp species in the world. , but supply still cannot keep up with demand.

We usually don’t need 38 yuan to eat a prawn, but eating a meal of fresh shrimp is also a high expense.

If there was a way to increase shrimp production in large quantities, would the price of shrimp still be so high?

Pictured: Prawns

Recently, the United States The media said that an Israeli scientist has found a way to significantly increase the production of prawns, which is to perform sex reassignment surgery on prawns, that is, to transform female prawns into male prawns.

The reason for this is that male shrimps grow faster, and the size of adult male shrimps will be 60% larger than that of female shrimps.

It is reported that this technology is called "temporary ribonucleic acid interference gene silencing", and safety is also one of its advantages.

This technology does not require the use of any chemicals or hormones, nor does it require genetic modification. It only injects a gene-silencing molecule into the larger freshwater female shrimp, thereby changing it from female to male. Moreover, these transgender prawns can still mate with ordinary males, and all their offspring will be male.

If farmers in Southeast Asian countries such as India, Vietnam, and China use this technology to raise shrimp, their incomes should be greatly increased.