Applying a gene-suite approach to examine the physiological status of wild-caught walleye (Sander vitreus).

ABSTRACT: Molecular techniques have been increasingly used in a conservation physiology framework to provide valuable information regarding the mechanisms underlying responses of wild organisms to environmental and anthropogenic stressors. In the present study, we developed a reference gill transcriptome for walleye (Sander vitreus), allowing us to pair a gene-suite approach (i.e. multiple genes across multiple cellular processes) with multivariate statistics to examine the physiological status of wild-caught walleye. For molecular analyses of wild fish, the gill is a useful target for conservation studies, not only because of its importance as an indicator of the physiological status of fish but also because it can be biopsied non-lethally. Walleye were non-lethally sampled following short-

SUBMITTER: Jeffrey JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745715 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature