Changes in daylight govern when salmon migrate. (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Changes in daylight govern when salmon migrate.

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When the pituitary glands of salmon are themselves exposed to daylight, they light up with TSH (red and green).

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Stephen McCormick

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