Simply put, transgenic fluorescent fish are created by microinjecting the genes for a protein that glows green in jellyfish, or a coral protein that glows red, into the eggs of medaka or zebra fish. These genes then replicate within the embryo, so that the host fish emits the same glow as the jellyfish or coral where the genes originated.
簡單地說，基因轉殖螢光魚是將水母的綠色螢光蛋白基因或珊瑚的紅色螢光蛋白基因，以顯微注射的方式殖入稻田魚或斑馬魚的卵中，讓該基因在胚胎中不斷地複製，進而表現出水母或珊瑚的螢光性狀。