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The genetic rule for salmon
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The genetic rule for salmon: keep a back-up copy
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The REACH Awards celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.
Five UVic projects, with $823,000 in new funding from a leadership fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation as part of a $52-million federal investment announced Aug. 15,
will carry out ground-breaking research including in an aquatic disease research facility at UVic.
In an article published today in the prestigious journal Nature, an international team of scientists co-led by University of Victoria biologist Ben Koop describes how the Atlantic
salmon genome—that’s the complete set of its genes—has made a full backup copy of itself.
Salmon possess an unusual genetic feature that’s of great interest to evolutionary scientists and fisheries managers alike, as described in a UVic research article published in
Nature.