Genome Mapping of Growth and Growth-Related Traits in Coho Salmon
Kerry Naish, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington; Ruth Phillips, Biological Sciences, Washington State University –Vancouver; Mitchell Sewell, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN
R/B-41
This project will broaden our understanding of the complex interactions among genes and the environment. The research team will examine the genetic basis of growth traits and the correlations between the genes underlying growth traits and those contributing to maturation, fecundity and other life history traits affecting the fitness of individual coho salmon. They will study the inheritance of both neutral genetic markers and the genes coding for fitness traits in crosses between wild and farm-raised fish. Neutral makers linked to fitness traits can be used to estimate the genetic diversity relevant to the long-term survival of salmon species. As such, the project will set the stage for more complex studies into the long-term survival of salmon species. As such, the project will set the stage for more complex studies into the long-term monitoring of conservation-based mitigation programs in the Pacific Northwest.
For more information, please contact Kerry Naish, knaish@u.washington.edu.