The project's goal is to track migration patterns and intermixing of wild Pacific salmon populations, and to identify risk factors for the decline of the fish stocks.
Using a small piece of the salmon fin, department researchers will sequence and then genotype salmon DNA to select SNPs as markers for populations studies. These markes will be included in a standardized database, to be used by Pacific coastal nations, including the
The researchers plan to use ABI's 3730 DNA analyzers, TaqMan SNP genotyping assays, and real-time PCR systems.