Author Archives: Jenny Ovenden

Major upgrade to NeEstimator software released today

NeEstimator V2 is a tool for estimating contemporary effective population size (Ne) using multi-locus diploid genotypes from population samples. By ‘contemporary’ we mean that the estimates apply to the time period(s) encompassed by the samples (ie. individuals sampled and genotyped). Version 2.1 is a major update on V2.01. The changes largely enhance the linkage disequilibrium […]

MFL welcomes intern from Brazil

Juliana arrived today for a six month internship with MFL at UQ. Juliana is an oceanographer and Ph.D. student in the Fishery Genetics and Conservation research group of  led by Dr. Fernando Mendonça at Universidade Federal Paulista (Brazil). Juliana’s work focusses on the global phylogeography of the Blue shark (Prionace glauca) based on molecular evidence (SNPs and […]

New version of NeEstimator coming soon

Nice way to start the day! ResearchGate.net reports that our paper citing the popular downloadable software NeEstimator has been cited 300 times. Watch out of a new version of NeEstimator soon, which will be enabled for SNP data analyses and other improvements such as the implementation of a new method for estimating confidence intervals. Jones […]

Welcome to Greg Maes

Christine Dudgeon (right), Jenny Ovenden (centre) are pleased to host a visit by Dr Gregory Maes (KU Leuven – JCU). Greg gave an interesting seminar yesterday “Application of genomic tools to inform conservation and management of the Galapagos shark  (Carcharhinus galapagensis)”, which stimulated lots of discussion about genomics and genetics of elasmobranch species from Australia and […]

Donate now to the work of the Molecular Fisheries Laboratory at the University of Queensland

Are you inspired by the work of MFL PhD students on species such as manta-rays, white sharks or marlin? If you would like to support their work (or the work of the Laboratory in general), you can make a donation here. A donation of $50 will genotype two individuals. A donation of $500 will support the […]

New publication on genetic analyses of tiger sharks in the Indo-Pacific region

Bonnie’s latest genetic study suggests that tiger sharks in the Indo-pacific move and interbreed within the region. The study shows that nations in the region need to cooperate to jointly manage and conserve this shared population. Photo: Jenny Ovenden (left) and Bonnie Holmes (right). Holmes, B., Williams, S., Otway, N., Nielsen, E. E., Maher, S., Bennett, M. & […]