Carlo A. Biagi

May 2, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Kris Christensen |Anne-Marie Flores |Dionne Sakhrani |Carlo A. Biagi

AbstractThe Fraser River once supported massive salmon returns, but now years with half of the recorded historical maximum are considered good. There is substantial interest from surrounding communities, governments, and other groups to increase salmon returns for both human use and for functional ecosystems. To help generate resources for this endeavour, we resequenced hundreds of genomes at moderate coverage (~16x) of Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho (O. kisutch), and sockeye salmon (O.