Andrew DeWoody and Cornell Surgeons (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Andrew DeWoody and Cornell Surgeons

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Andrew DeWoody, at left, works with Cornell surgeons to collect lake sturgeon gonad biopsies. During the study, DeWoody and postdoctoral associate Matthew C. Hale found evidence of trematode genes in the sturgeon genome and of a protozoan parasite that causes a sexually transmitted disease in humans.

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Purdue University photo/Anna Fahey

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