Article: Superb trout--it's a matter of muscle.

Some fans of rainbow trout have dubbed their favorite fish "nature's fast food." That's because it takes only a few minutes to panfry, grill, or microwave this tasty fish.

Trout's tender, delicately flavored meat is, of course, muscle. Farm-raised trout put on muscle as they swim against the gentle, steady current that runs through the tanks, ponds, or channel-like raceways they grow up in.

New studies should help researchers and rainbow trout breeders more easily single out fish that have the genetic makeup to develop more muscle more quickly. Agricultural Research Service fish geneticist Kenneth E. Overturf is doing this work with ARS and University of ...

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