Hey good to hear from you Urban!

Ya, I usualyy dont get involved. Especially on ncbf. But I fell like this is a great opportunity to bridge the gulf that has been forming over the lats 20 years or so between fishermen and biologists. It used to be that biologists and ecologists and outdoorsman were one in the same, or at least had the same values. I think they still do but just dont realize it. Thats why i like this issue.


here is a figure showing the phylogeny based on 6 microsatelite loci (Strands of DNA from the same location on the DNA molecule between related species) from a 2009 paper that examines relationships of california minnows

http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S105579030900013X-gr3.jpg

Hereis a link to the whole paper
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579030900013X