Project information
JARMAN, Prof. Simon
University of Western Australia
Casey, Clark Peninsula ASPA, Macquarie Island, Australia (or home country)
Project aim
DNA based approaches will be used to study key features of the ecology of whales, penguins and krill. Standard methods cannot accurately estimate what prey species these predators consume, how old they are, or how they are related to the rest of their species. This project will apply novel DNA based methods to biopsy or scat samples as a non-invasieve means of improving our understanding of the diet, age and population structure of these important predators.
Related publications
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Adélie Penguin Population Diet Monitoring by Analysis
of Food DNA in Scats. PLoS ONE, 2013
(Ref: 15169)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Pyrosequencing of prey DNA in reptile faeces: analysis of earthworm consumption by slow worms. Molecular Ecology Resources, 2012
(Ref: 15064)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Variation in the Tyrosinase Gene Associated with a White Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Journal of Heredity, 2012
(Ref: 15062)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Application of Blocking Oligonucleotides to Improve
Signal-to-Noise Ratio in a PCR. PCR Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, 2010
(Ref: 15061)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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The Effect of Input DNA Copy Number on Genotype Call
and Characterising SNP Markers in the Humpback Whale
Genome Using a Nanofluidic Array. PLoS ONE, 2012
(Ref: 15060)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature