07-31-2003, 11:47 PM
Walleye, blue pike the same fish [/url]
[size 2]Cincinnati - After laboriously examining DNA from a dozen blue pike specimens stored in museums, federal researchers are prepared to report next week that they cannot detect genetic differences between those fish and the walleye swimming in [/size] [size 2]Lake Erie today.[/size]
In effect, the finding means that the lake's legendary blue pike were probably nothing more than modern walleyes of a different color.
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[size 2]Cincinnati - After laboriously examining DNA from a dozen blue pike specimens stored in museums, federal researchers are prepared to report next week that they cannot detect genetic differences between those fish and the walleye swimming in [/size] [size 2]Lake Erie today.[/size]
In effect, the finding means that the lake's legendary blue pike were probably nothing more than modern walleyes of a different color.
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