Alaska Conservation Genetics Laboratory

Two genetics laboratory staff in laboratory coats work on samples with shelves in the back and windows near across the back wall near the top of the ceiling.
Photo By/Credit
Katrina Liebich/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
03/27/2017
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Randal Logues and Rachel DeWilde from USFWS’s Conservation Genetics Lab extract DNA from Yukon River Chum Salmon fin clips that have been flown into Anchorage. Each year this lab analyzes approximately 3,000 of these tiny samples over the course of the summer and fall to aid fisheries managers� decision-making in real time.
Facility
Conservation Genetics Laboratory