We Now Have Hillabee Creek F. bifax DNA, Too

Andrew and James were able to get very strong DNA extractions from four stippled studfish we collected in Hillabee Creek. These concentrations are around 300 nanograms/microliters with absorbance ratios of about 1.9. I think our next project will be some extractions from northern or southern studfish for comparative purposes. Next Saturday we make a return trip to Tallapoosa County to hit some other sites and see if we can find stippleds. The weather forecast is good, over 60 F. and sunny. I hope so!

Jennifer defends her thesis on Wednesday, entitled

INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE STEROID HORMONE 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE AND REPRODUCTIVE STATUS IN THE FISH LYTHRURUS FASCIOLARIS.

If you're in Huntsville this Wednesday, it's at 2 p.m. in room 301 of the Shelby Center. Hope to see you there.