Assertion: The first transgenic animal was GM salmon for performing vaccine safety tests.
Reasoni: Genetically modified ova were fused with normal sperms of the same species for the production of GM salmon.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason are false (F ).

Those organisms that have their genetic material modified to meet some desired conditions are genetically modified (GM) organisms. They generally carry a foreign gene in their DNA. GM salmon was the first transgenic animal for food production. It was produced by fusion of normal ova (eggs) with genetically modified sperms. The zygotes with modified gene developed into embryos that gave rise to much bigger adults than either parent thus have greater food value. It is achieved by addition of a gene that codes for the growth hormone that allows the fish to grow larger more rapidly than the non-transgenic salmon.