Testing advances in molecular discrimination among Chinook salmon life histories: evidence from a blind test.

ABSTRACT: The application of DNA-based markers toward the task of discriminating among alternate salmon runs has evolved in accordance with ongoing genomic developments and increasingly has enabled resolution of which genetic markers associate with important life-history differences. Accurate and efficient identification of the most likely origin for salmon encountered during ocean fisheries, or at salvage from fresh water diversion and monitoring facilities, has far-reaching consequences for improving measures for management, restoration and conservation. Near-real-time provision of high-resolution identity information enables prompt response to changes in encounter rates. We thus continue to develop new tools to provide the greatest statistical power for run identification. As a proof of concept f

SUBMITTER: Banks MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4112815 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature