First genome of an Antarctic notothenioid fish sequenced
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Northeastern professor H. William Detrich is part of an international research team that has sequenced the first genome of an Antarctic notothenioid fish. The breakthrough, he said, will shed light on the animal's unique evolutionary adaptation to freezing waters and will help reveal how the fish will respond to rising water temperatures projected over the next two centuries due to climate change.