A mixing of wolves
While there is little doubt that the grey wolf is one of the world's most iconic species, it is equally true that it is one of the world's most reviled. This later sentiment has seen them extirpated f...
28 Jan 201913min
PopGroup 52 special!
Every winter, geneticists from around the world brave the unpredictable weather to gather for the annual Population Genetics Group Conference. This year, Oxford Brookes University played host to the 5...
11 Jan 201917min
Disentangling the connectivity of an invasive weed
With their delicate, trumpet shaped flowers that open to greet the rising sun, the morning glory has long been a horticultural favourite. Unfortunately, the quick growth and hardy nature of these plan...
27 Dec 201813min
The demographic history of southern right whales (December)
Southern right whales have had a rough few centuries, being brought to the brink of oblivion more than once by the whaling industry. Before that, climatic shifts likely played havoc with their coastal...
18 Dec 201812min
Colour genetics of the tortoise beetle (November)
What makes a beetle red? Or metallic? Or striped? And why display such a diversity of colour patterns within one species? These are the questions being asked by Lynette Strickland, a PhD candidate at ...
28 Nov 201812min
A genetic history of cats in Europe (November)
Europe's 102 million domestic cats were spread across the continent by the Roman Empire. At least, that was the consensus. However, new genetic, archaeological, and archaeozoological evidence suggests...
16 Nov 201811min
The long and the short of MHC genotyping (October 2018)
In this episode we explore a hybrid approach for genotyping one of the most variable parts of the vertebrate genome: the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Join Dr Silvia Fuselli (University of F...
29 Okt 201811min
Koala population genetics (October 2018)
PhD candidate Shannon Kjeldsen, from James Cook University, discusses the ecology, history, population genomics and conservation of an iconic Australian species: the koala! Exciting things are also ha...
12 Okt 201810min
