Tagged Tomcod from the Hudson River (IMAGE)

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Tagged Tomcod from the Hudson River

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Researchers discovered a mutation in tomcod living in the Hudson River that enables the fish to survive in waters heavily contaminated with PCBs.

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Mark Mattson of Normandeau Associates, Inc.

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