From molecular genetics to meta-analysis: understanding how conservation management impacts threatened species

Catherine Grueber’s work reveals how evolutionary and population processes affect individual- and population-level genetic diversity of small populations.

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14 Sep 2018 12:30pm - 14 Sep 2018 1:30pm
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Catherine Grueber, University of Sydney & San Diego Zoo Global

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Catherine Grueber’s work reveals how evolutionary and population processes affect individual- and population-level genetic diversity of small populations.

In doing so, she aims to develop new techniques for measuring and mitigating loss of diversity in conservation.

Catherine’s technical strengths lie in molecular population genetics, understanding the evolutionary consequences of genetic diversity loss (such as impacts of captive breeding, inbreeding depression, genetic rescue, and evolution of immune-gene diversity), and modelling approaches to hypothesis testing in evolutionary genetics.

Institute for Applied Ecology Seminar Series

Location

UC Theatrette, 1A21 (next to Mizzuna Cafe), University of Canberra