How Japanese Scientists Transform the Global Caviar Market with Super-Female Sturgeon

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One must imagine the scene: a translucent water, a stainless steel tank, an almost medical silence. In the aquaculture laboratory of the University of Kindai, in the south of Japan, a sturgeon slowly slides under the surface, illuminated by a cold lamp. Nothing, at first sight, distinguishes this fish from others. But it carries within it a singularity that could change the world caviar trade: it was born male — but will lay eggs. It is here, in…