Antarctic Blackfin Icefish (IMAGE)

University of Oregon

Antarctic Blackfin Icefish

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An international team of scientists have completed the genome of the Antarctic blackfin icefish, a member of a family of fish that have adapted genetically over 77 million years to survive in the frigid Southern Ocean.

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Photo by John Postlethwait, University of Oregon

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