UW launches cutting-edge DNA 'fin-printing' project for salmon

Some salmon make one heck of a commute. The record holder in the Pacific Northwest, for example, is a steelhead that was tagged in the Clearwater River, Idaho, in April 2003. A year and a half later, it was caught off the southern Kuril Islands near Japan. The most direct route between those two points -- as the crow flies, as they say -- is 4,200 miles. Imagine fish that make it that far then turn around and travel back to their home streams in order to spawn.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news114364331.html">UW launches cutting-edge DNA 'fin-printing' project for salmon</a></p> <p>Some salmon make one heck of a commute. The record holder in the Pacific Northwest, for example, is a steelhead that was tagged in the Clearwater River, Idaho, in April 2003. A year and a half later, it was caught off the southern Kuril Islands near Japan. The most direct route between those two points -- as the crow flies, as they say -- is 4,200 miles. Imagine fish that make it that far then turn around and travel back to their home streams in order to spawn.</p>