{"id":2237,"date":"2014-07-08T18:05:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2014-07-08T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T19:32:14","slug":"how-salmon-evolve-to-beat-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/how-salmon-evolve-to-beat-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"How salmon evolve to beat the heat<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2217\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2217\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/42.jpg\" alt=\"By measuring the ability of chinook salmon to tolerate heat, researchers have uncovered a link between egg size and the ability to adapt to warmer temperatures (Photo credit: Nicolas Mu\u00f1oz)\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/42.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/42-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By measuring the ability of chinook salmon to tolerate heat, researchers have uncovered a link between egg size and the ability to adapt to warmer temperatures (Photo credit: Nicolas Mu\u00f1oz)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Researchers have discovered a link between egg size of chinook salmon and their ability to deal with warmer temperatures. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The team captured spawning salmon and measured <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">examined the genetic and maternal effects acting on the ability of offspring to tolerate heat<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">; they found that mothers with larger eggs have more thermally tolerant offspring. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">As egg size is known to evolve in response to environmental conditions this finding illustrates a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mechanism by which salmon may adapt to warmer river temperatures coming about as a result of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic; color: #000000;\">Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<strong>July 8, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nicolas Mu\u00f1oz, Western University, Ontario<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brian Neff, Western University, Ontario<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tony Farrell, University of British Columbia, British Columbia<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered a link between egg size of chinook salmon and their ability to deal with warmer temperatures. The team captured spawning salmon and measured examined the genetic and maternal effects acting on the ability of offspring to tolerate heat; they found that mothers with larger eggs have more thermally tolerant offspring. 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