The GloFish is a patent

Patent

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ed and trademark

Trademark

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ed brand of genetically modified

Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...

 (GM) fluorescent zebrafish with bright red, green, orange-yellow, blue, and purple fluorescent colors. Although not originally developed for the ornamental fish trade, it is one of the first genetically modified animals to become publicly available as a pet

Pet

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The original zebrafish (or zebra danio, Danio rerio) from which the GloFish was developed is a native of rivers in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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