Grokking effective population size, with Robin Waples
What is effective population size (Ne), and why is it important? Robin Waples takes us back to the basics of this important evolutionary concept and discusses his new paper, using simulations to demon...
30 Aug 202334min
Tracing the Introduction of the Common Myna
Kamolphat Atsawawaranunt and Anna Santure discuss how they have used diverse samples of DNA to trace the introduction history of the common myna from its native range across its invasive distribution ...
26 Jul 202320min
Genomic prediction in Honey Bees
In this episode, Richard Bernstein (Institute for Bee Research Hohen Neuendorf) discusses the development of the first genomic prediction model for honey bees. Genomic prediction is well established i...
28 Jun 202324min
Snakes, sex and conservation genetics
In this episode, Prof Thomas Madsen (Deakin University) discusses how a long-term study of an adder population has provided evidence that polyandry and non-random fertilisation can have positive effec...
24 Mai 202324min
Runs of homozygosity in Rum Red Deer
In this episode, Anna Hewett discusses how different factors have led to the patterns of homozygosity observed in a population of red deer living on the Scottish Isle of Rum. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
19 Apr 202313min
Hello, hello and goodbye
After five years with the journal, James Burgon is leaving the Heredity Podcast. But fear not! Because the podcast is being left in a pair of safe and familiar hands. In this episode we meet our new h...
22 Mar 202319min
Australasian snapper demographics
Tom Oosting discusses his research on the population demographics of the Australasian snapper, an economically important fish found in the waters around New Zealand. This study combines modern samplin...
22 Feb 202312min
The best student-led papers in Heredity, Vol. 3
Every year, Heredity publishes some outstanding student-led papers, and to recognise the quality of this work the journal runs a student paper prize. So, what makes a paper stand out? Find out, as Co-...
25 Jan 202314min
