Threatened species

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Understanding genetic diversity and gene flow amongst populations of threatened species and the identification of cryptic species, particularly within endangered taxa, is essential for their conservation and management.

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Paula Doyle

CBA Knowledge Broker, UC

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Paula Doyle

CBA Knowledge Broker, UC

Project	Status
A next-generation phylogenetics approach to explore the immense diversity of Australian thynnine wasps	Completed
A test of the power of GBS for delimiting species boundaries among incipient species of Australian orchids	Completed
ALA Two-way Indigenous Engagement Case Study	Completed
An exome capture system for phylogenetic and evolutionary studies in the hyperdiverse orchid tribe Diurideae (Orchidoideae)	Completed
Bill adaptation in parrots: finding loci involved in surface area increases by integrating morphometrics with NGS	Completed
Bringing next generation approaches to conservation genomics using museum collections – Rock wallaby museum skinomics	Completed
Conservation Genetics of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect	Completed
Developing new methods for using distribution data to identify taxa that can tolerate extreme conditions	Current
Evolutionary processes in Billy buttons	Completed
Genetic characterisation of formalin preserved fish tissue	Current
Genetic rescue of the Southern Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby: is there genomic evidence it is reducing inbreeding?	Current
Genetic rescue of the Southern Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby: is there genomic evidence it is reducing inbreeding?	Current
Genome skimming with degraded DNA from herbarium specimens	Current
How local is local? Landscape genomics in Yellow box	Completed
Molecular phylogeny of Helicoverpa from museum specimens	Current