A5070168401- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Sports Performance and Training
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
The University of Queensland
2011-2022
Agriculture Victoria
2006-2009
If mutation within the coding region of genome is largely not adaptive, ratio nonsynonymous (dN) to synonymous substitutions (dS) per site (dN/dS) should be approximately equal among closely related species. Furthermore, dN/dS in divergence between species equivalent polymorphisms. This hypothesis particular interest members Bovini tribe, because domestication has promoted rapid phenotypic through strong artificial selection some while others remain undomesticated. We examined a number genes...
Kicking powerfully and accurately is essential in soccer, players who kick proficiently with both feet are highly sought after. Assessing performance youth often confounded by more physically developed outperforming their smaller peers. To alleviate such bias, we present a testing protocol normative data an elite Brazilian soccer academy that controls for players’ age size to assess feet. We measured speed accuracy of 178 recorded (10–20 years), height, mass. Combining age, mass into index...
Abstract The bag shelter moth, Ochrogaster lunifer Herrich‐Schäffer, 1855 (Thaumetopoeinae), is abundant and widespread throughout Australia where its larvae have been reported to feed mostly on Acacia eucalypts. larvae, known as processionary caterpillars, build silken nests their host plants either the ground at base of plant ( ) or above trunk among canopy eucalypts). caterpillars are medically important in that they shed tiny setae can cause dermatitis other health problems humans...
Abstract Aim To test the influence of historical and contemporary environment in shaping genetic diversity freshwater fauna we contrast structure two co‐distributed, but ecologically distinct, rainbowfish; a habitat generalist ( Melanotaenia splendida ) specialist M. trifasciata ). Location Fishes were sampled from far northern Australia (Queensland Northern Territory). Methods We used sequence data one mitochondrial gene nuclear to investigate patterns determine how differences preference...
Abstract Despite growing evidence of rapid evolution in protein coding genes, the contribution positive selection to intra- and interspecific differences regions genome is unclear. We attempted see if genes for secreted proteins with narrow expression, specifically those preferentially expressed mammary gland, have diverged at a faster rate between domestic cattle ( Bos taurus ) humans Homo sapiens than other whether responsible. Using large data set, we identified groups based on secretion...
We analysed sympatrically occurring specimens from Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia identified on shell characters as Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) and found them molecularly separated into two distinct clades. Additionally, we obtained sequences nine morphologically similar, randomly collected naticid egg masses (‘sand collars’) Island other Queensland localities. Eight out of the unambiguously grouped with one N. The clades show no common haplotypes, resulting in a sequence divergence...
Interactions among selection, gene flow, and drift affect the trajectory of adaptive evolution. In natural populations, direction magnitude these processes can be variable across different spatial, temporal, or ontogenetic scales. Consequently, variability in evolutionary affects predictability stochasticity microevolutionary outcomes. We studied an intertidal fish, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854), to understand how space, time, life stage structure genetic phenotypic variation a...
Despite growing evidence of rapid evolution in protein coding genes, the contribution positive selection to intra- and interspecific differences regions genome is unclear. We attempted see if genes for secreted proteins with narrow expression, specifically those preferentially expressed mammary gland, have diverged at a faster rate between domestic cattle (Bos taurus) humans (Homo sapiens) than other whether responsible. Using large data set, we identified groups based on secretion...
In many youth sports, selection into elite training academies is dominated by athletes born earlier in the year. Previous research suggests this partly due to these being more physically developed than their younger peers. How later year survive less understood. Here, we tested hypothesis that players are technically skilled peers same Using 150 (10–19 years of age) from an Brazilian soccer academy, measured each player's date birth, height, and mass; sprinting ability; dribbling kicking...