Brian Cardall: Jackson Lake Suckers

Brian Layton Cardall went on to complete a Masters degree at Utah State University in Dr. Karen Mocks laboratory. There Brian showed, using skills he was developing in molecular genetics, that certain native fish in Lake Bonneville, Utah, were actually two distinct species. Okay, two different species instead of one. Why should this be so important?

In fact, this is one of the most fundamental contributions any biologist can make. It is a biologists job to give humanity a better understanding of how the natural world works. Brian showed us all something we had never known before; that is until Brian decided to consider this aspect of Nature himself.

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Science & Technology

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• fish
• jackson lake
• june sucker
• utah state univeristy
• brian cardall
• karen mock
• laboratory
• biology