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John B. Taggart
Researcher at University of Stirling
Publications - 146
Citations - 8898
John B. Taggart is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Salmo & Population. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 144 publications receiving 8074 citations. Previous affiliations of John B. Taggart include Queen's University Belfast & Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
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Fitness reduction and potential extinction of wild populations of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, as a result of interactions with escaped farm salmon.
Philip McGinnity,Paulo A. Prodöhl,Andrew Ferguson,Rosaleen Hynes,Niall Ó Maoiléidigh,Natalie Baker,D. Cotter,Brendan O'Hea,Declan Cooke,Ger Rogan,John B. Taggart,Thomas F. Cross +11 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that interaction of farm with wild salmon results in lowered fitness, with repeated escapes causing cumulative fitness depression and potentially an extinction vortex in vulnerable populations.
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A simplified protocol for routine total DNA isolation from salmonid fishes
TL;DR: An efficient total DNA isolation protocol, suitable for routine population genetic screening purposes, and can utilize fresh, frozen or ethanol preserved tissues is described.
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Major quantitative trait loci affect resistance to infectious pancreatic necrosis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Ross D. Houston,Chris Haley,Alastair Hamilton,Derrick R Guy,A. E. Tinch,John B. Taggart,Brendan McAndrew,Stephen Bishop +7 more
TL;DR: The identified genomewide quantitative trait loci can be applied in marker-assisted selection programs to improve the resistance of salmon to IPN and reduce disease-related mortality.
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Genetic impact of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) on native populations: use of DNA profiling to assess freshwater performance of wild, farmed, and hybrid progeny in a natural river environment
Philip McGinnity,C. Stone,John B. Taggart,D. Cooke,D. Cotter,R. Hynes,C. McCamley,Thomas F. Cross,Andrew Ferguson +8 more
TL;DR: The demonstration that farmed and hybrid progeny can survive in the wild to the smolt stage, taken together with unpublished data that show that these smolts can survive at sea and home to their river of origin, indicates that escaped farmed salmon can produce long-term genetic changes in natural populations.
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Considering adaptive genetic variation in climate change vulnerability assessment reduces species range loss projections
Orly Razgour,Orly Razgour,Brenna R. Forester,John B. Taggart,Michaël Bekaert,Javier Juste,Carlos F. Ibáñez,Sébastien J. Puechmaille,Sébastien J. Puechmaille,Roberto Novella-Fernandez,Antton Alberdi,Stéphanie Manel +11 more
TL;DR: An approach to assess the impacts of global climate change on biodiversity that takes into account adaptive genetic variation and evolutionary potential is presented, showing that considering local climatic adaptations reduces range loss projections but increases the potential for competition between species.