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Ocean currents and the population genetic signature of fish migrations

A new analysis from the Molecular Fisheries Laboratory has been published. It compares simulated and empirical genetic data to refute the idea of a single, long-distance migration event for a commerically-important species in Queensland (Mugil cephalus) and demonstrates the feasibility of spatially-realistic ecological-genetic scenario testing.

New book about research on elasmobranchs

For those interested in elasmobranch research, there is a new publication coming soon from CRC Press. If you are interested in population genetics, then go to this chapter for the latest information. Ovenden J., Dudgeon C., Feutry P., Feldheim K., Maes G. E. (2019) Genetics and Genomics for Fundamental and Applied Research on Elasmobranchs. In: […]

Andy Moore visits MFL

Andy Moore (Molecular Fisheries Laboratory Associate) visited UQ today for talks with Jenny. Andy is based at the Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences in Canberra. He works on a range of topics including quantitative stock assessments, fisheries status reporting, genetics, and recreational fishing surveys. Andy is currently primary investigator on a national […]

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 […]