Black crappie, White Crappie and Hybrid Crappie whole Genome Sequencing

To explore whole sequences of Black crappie; Pomoxis nigromaculatus, white crappie; Pomoxis annularis and hybrid crappie; the female black crappie x male white crappie.Black and white crappie have been produced by many fish producers primarily for stocking in recreational water bodies for sport fishing. These fish have also been evaluated as candidates for commercial aquaculture because they are the only sunfish that is caught in the wild more for consumption than for sport, have a faster growth rate than other sunfish, can be trained are comparatively easy to spawn in captivity.