'EXPLAINERS' - videos, summaries etc
Genetic rescue: concept and case studies Paul Sunnucks's plenary presentation at VicBioCon 2023 lays out the logic of genetic rescue and summarizes three threatened wildlife cases - helmeted honeyeater, button wrinklewort grassland daisies, and Macquarie Perch
2024 Media
New York Times article on genetic rescue, with focus on helmeted honeyeaters and Leadbeater's possums
RN Drive - Paul Sunnucks interview with Andy Park on Radio National
Diana's science comedy talk on the genetic rescue of the helmeted honeyeater (Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024)
Easy-to-use functions to identify and remove sex-linked loci
Diana gave an invited talk at the dartRverse 2024 workshop that took place at ANU's Kioloa campus. She explains the importance of correctly identifying and removing sex-linked loci from SNP datasets, how to use them for sex assignment, and the use of the dartR.sexlinked package we developed. See the video here and the github tutorial here.
Threatened Species Initiative Training Videos
The Wildlife Genetic Management Group contributes substantially to this Australian initiative to support conservation managers with rapid application of genetic management of wildlife. See the resources here.
Genetic rescue to the rescue
A VideoPod
A plain-language explanation of genetic rescue of a bird, a mammal, a fish and a plant
Dr Alexandra (Sasha) Pavlova | Professor Paul Sunnucks – Genetic Rescue Saves Species from Extinction. Scientia Mar 23, 2022 | Biology, Earth and Environment, Editor's Pick
Helmeted honeyeater genome and genetic map - what are they useful for? explainer video blog press release
A tool for managing group-living species in the wild. Case study: can we help the helmeted honeyeater make better mating choices? Video abstract
Helmeted honeyeater genetic rescue - The Wire radio article
What are neo-sex chromosomes and why are they interesting? blog
Lana on the Weekend Birder podcast - eastern yellow robins and life as an ornithologist!
