Size-selective harvesting drives genomic shifts in a harvested population.

Abstract excerpt

Overfishing not only drastically reduces the number of fish in an exploited population but is also often selective for body size by removing the largest individuals from a population. Here, we study experimentally the evolutionary effects of size-selective harvesting using whole-genome sequencing on a model organism, the zebrafish (Danio rerio). We demonstrate genomic shifts in the populations exposed to...

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• Body Size
• Fisheries
• Genetic Variation
• Genome
• Whole Genome Sequencing