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Tag Archives: Salmon
In defense of hatcheries: a response to the "Artifishal" documentary
A month or so ago, I had opportunity to screen the documentary, “Artifishal” (admittedly, a pretty clever title), in a room full of fish biologists, geneticists, and hatchery managers. The premise of the film is that both hatcheries and open … Continue reading
Dispersal and the rainbow trout takeover
I’m going to keep rolling on the dispersal theme from last week and share a new paper by Ryan Kovach and colleagues that demonstrates the balance between dispersal and selection. Specifically, the authors show that this balance dictates the hybridization … Continue reading
Migration on the brain
If you’ve watched any number of nature shows in your lifetime, you’ve seen the astounding migrations made by salmonid fishes. You can count on seeing a shot of salmon darting against the current and catapulting themselves over turbulent falls (like … Continue reading
Posted in Molecular Ecology, the journal, natural history, RNAseq, transcriptomics
Tagged migration, Salmon
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