Frank Hailer - research, reviews and his role at Heredity
We tend to focus on research studies on the podcast, but review papers are a hugely important part of the scientific literature. This week we talk to Frank Hailer, reviews editor, who demonstrates his...
25 Okt 202318min
Galpagos island history shapes populations
Barriers to gene-flow control population connectivity, but what barriers exist in the sea? How similar is the connectivity of island marine organisms to those on land? As with many evolutionary questi...
27 Sep 202325min
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
