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Breakdown of the brown trout evolutionary history due to hybridization between native and cultivated fish

As previously discussed, fishing tends to exploit certain size and age classes in populations, leaving managers with the problem of maintaining healthy populations. Last week we discussed how somatic growth rate and population levels of harvest will evolve in directions … Continue reading

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Discordant molecular and morphological evolution in buffalofishes

This study examined the evolution of the five Ictiobus buffalofish species via both morphological and phylogenetic avenues, and attempted to align the differences in morphology with the differences found in the genetic sequence of the mitochindrial Cytochrome B gene and … Continue reading

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Hybridization Dynamics of Invasive Cattail

I presented a paper entitled “Hybridization dynamics of invasive cattail (Tphaceae) stands in the Western Great Lakes Region of North America: a molecular analysis” in which various effects of hybridized cattail species were examined. This paper is also one of … Continue reading

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