Heredity Podcast

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 happening at Heredity Podcast HQ—the way we bring you the latest and greatest genetics research is about to get a whole lot better! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a celebration of the Heredity Special Issue: Evolutionary Consequences of Epigenetic Inheritance. Join us as we talk about the motivation behind the Special Issue with Editor Dr Foteini Spagopoulou. Then, PhD student Erin Macartney discusses the role of paternal epigenetic inheritance—a particular focus of the issue—and Dr Yuan-Ye Zhang explains her experiential work on the evoluti...

This episode of the Heredity Podcast is all about applying new genetics methods to understudied organisms! Join us as we explore a novel metric for evolutionary and conservation genetics with salp expert Dr William Goodall-Copestake (British Antarctic Survey). Then stick around to hear Prof. Brad Shafer and Dr Evan McCartney-Melstad (University of California, Los Angeles) discuss their recent appl...

In this month's episode of the Heredity Podcast we are all about the mouth! First, we discuss the genetics underlying molar teeth development and inhibition with French morphometrician Dr Nicolas Navarro. Following this, Brazilian researcher Dr Maria Marta Pastina explains all about an emerging plant breeding method called genomic selection, and how her team is using it to develop more drought tol...

Welcome to the first episode of the newly revamped Heredity podcast! What is the journal Heredity? How conserved is the molecular basis of spider silk? And what effect does the creation of human-made river barriers have on the genetic diversity of low-mobility fish populations? Tune in to hear discussions with the editors behind the journal and the people behind the research in June's edition of H...

This month, genetic connectivity in sea fans and chatty fungi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, genetically diverse newts and Bt toxin resistant moths Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, how fruit fly genes can influence their social experiences and how birch trees might be taking a leaf out of the bacterial book to fight off toxic metals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, signatures of selection in desert goats and sheep and a new method for monitoring Wolbachia invasion dynamics in mosquitos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, reproduction induced mortality in fruit flies and mapping the gene flow of Singaporean trees Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, whole-genome duplication in the last common ancestor of the horseshoe crabs and two exciting new roles for microRNAs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, seafaring pigs and sex changing fish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, there is more than one way to skin a newt, and protein expression changes through speciation in a diving beetle species complex Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, domestication before and after – we take a look at how wild boar are reeking havoc across the world, and the origins of starch digestion in domestic dogs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Asian tiger mosquitos and Dutch house sparrows Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, getting to grips with limpet populations and sex determination in Swedish frogs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, the reproductive habits of a fungal disease decimating the chocolate industry, and the genetic constraints on the size of quail eggs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, how genetics are helping scientists piece together the history of Alaskan cattle, and the impacts of bear predation on wild salmon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, the genetic diversity of hatchery-reared sea urchins and the mysterious link between face colour and reproductive incompatibility in finches Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, landscape genetics of the American Badger and polygamy uncovered in the mountain pine beetle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, what aquatic snails can teach us about phenotypic plasticity, and a recent colonisation of the two-banded seabream to the Azores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, the survival time of copulatory plugs in mice, and population paleogenetics of the extinct New Zealand giant moa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, the effect of clonality on ageing in a starfish species and how commensalism effects population genetics in rats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, assessing the risk of bat rabies in the UK and Y-chromosome diversity at the dawn of the surname in Flanders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, inbreeding depression across a nutritional stress gradient in Drosophila and the genetic components of fitness in escaped farm salmon and their wild counterparts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.