A Genetic Mystery: UI Zooligist's DNA Testing of Columbia River Fall Chinook Salmon Reveals Females' Apparent Sex Shift

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James NaglerPreliminary research findings shed new light on possible contributing factors to the decline of one of the Northwest’s famed wild salmon runs. Samples in 1999 from fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River’s Hanford Reach show that four-fifths of the females spawning there apparently began life as males. More...

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