After the accidental release of 21,000 juveniles into Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada in 1956 , pink salmon were observed in tributaries of all five Great Lakes by 1979 (11 generations later). Additionally, Great Lakes pink salmon populations contain phenotypes not seen elsewhere in that species, meaning that their establishment, dispersal, and adaptation to the Great Lakes occurred concurrently and rapidly. Using a combination of whole-genome sequencing and target capture we aim to...

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1. Identify genes associated with pink salmon adaptation to the Great Lakes

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2. Identify genes associated with maturation time and determine potential divergence of odd- and even-year “lineages”

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3. Track the spatial and temporal adaptation of pink salmon to the Great Lakes      

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