A new paper involving Environment Institute members Jessica Metcalf (now University of Colorado), Alan Cooper and Jeremy Austin, as well as Sierra Stowell (University of Colorado), Chris Kennedy (Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office), Kevin Rogers (Colorado Parks and Wildlife), Daniel McDonald (University of Colorado), Janet Epp (Pisces Molecular, LLC), Kyle Keepers (University of Colorado) and Andrew Martin (University of Colorado) has recently been published in the journal Molecular Ecology.

The paper, titled ‘Historical stocking data and 19th century DNA reveal human-induced changes to native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout’. helps to clarify the native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado. The study is led by University of Colorado Boulder postdoctoral researcher Jessica Metcalf, a former postdoctoral researcher at the Environment Institute’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA.

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Read the Media Release produced by the University of Colorado.