Boom-bust populations are a prominent part of Australia's unique ecosystems. But how do they maintain #genetic diversity when they face constant bottlenecks through the 'bust'? Emily J Stringer and colleagues reveal how, in their latest paper in PNASNews!
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Doaa is presenting her PhD work on subtelomere at the Australasian Evolution Conference in Adelaide UC Faculty of Science and Technology Centre for Conservation Ecology & Genomics #AUSEVO2023

Phew!!! I got the chicken AND had a blast!! #AUSEVO2023

Kicking off #AUSEVO2023 . Very excited about this plenary from Dustin Rubenstein

We all know genetic diversity is vital for healthy populations, so how do boom-bust species persist when we expect such drastic population changes to cause low genetic diversity? Dr Peta Hill and Centre for Conservation Ecology & Genomics colleagues unravel this paradox in their new paper:

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Very excited about this!! Huge congrats to the EcoDNA_UC team that made this happen!!

New paper out in Molecular Ecology on the interaction between fragmentation and gene flow and their impact on genetic diversity #popgen #boombust onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

New paper out in Molecular Ecology on the interaction between fragmentation and gene flow and their impact on genetic diversity #popgen #boombust onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Come and watch me rave about crows if you’re around #ESASCBO2022 at the species interactions forum!

Assisted reproduction looks very different in amphibians and reptiles 🐸🦎
Simon Clulow kicking off the exotic species session at ESA-SRB

We need to recognise during #nationalwaterweek that we need to do more to engage and reconcile with #IndigenousPeoples and learn from their deep knowledge of the environment. Bradley Moggridge (PhD) Ross Thompson Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS) ASFB Environmental Water MD Basin Authority

Beginners SLiM and slimr workshop in Canberra on 21-22 Nov! Book your place!! #Postgrads and #ECRs cba.anu.edu.au/news-events/ev…
Centre for Conservation Ecology & Genomics IAE Paula Doyle UC Faculty of Science and Technology Centre for Applied Water Science #PopGen #Simulation

Nonrenewable rocky habitat essential for a whole ecosystem of animals and insects - bush rock removal is a key threat - think before buying rocks for your garden or retaining wall. Great talk by Ben Croak ⁦Centre for Conservation Ecology & Genomics⁩ ⁦Centre for Applied Water Science⁩ seminar

#ICYMI : Our 2023 Ecology and #Internship Program Applications are open!
We're looking for 21 enthusiastic and talented graduates hoping to gain valuable field experience in science-led conservation.
Hurry, applications close 1/10!

Apply👉 bit.ly/AWCIntern
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Haha Deirdre Merry I know which group we'd be in!!!

Collaborators come in all shapes and sizes!!

What's being done to stop the deadly amphibian #chytrid fungus? Centre for Conservation Ecology & Genomics's Simon Clulow talked to Cosmos - the Science of Everything's Imma Perfetto about the latest research:

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Landmark study finds the spotted snow skink (Carinascincus ocellatus) can change sex before birth. It is the first live-bearing reptile to display sex reversal.

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#HelpedByHolsworth #SpottedSnowSkink #SexReversal Dr Peta Hill University of Tasmania

Deirdre Merry delivers today’s #IAEseminar on the curious case of asynchronous birth in Australian #lizards 🦎🦎
IAE UC Faculty of Science and Technology

This special species can tell us so much about the evolution of sex determining systems!!