Research Reveals Overfishing Altered Genes of Eastern Baltic Cod, Leading to Size Reduction
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Eastern Baltic cod have been shrinking in size due to overfishing altering their genes, as revealed by new research.
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· 1 pulledEastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, according to new research
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