... male embryos using a laser. These eggs would then not be incubated thus avoiding the need to kill day-old male chicks, which is the current practice. The technique does involve genetic modification of the chickens but the modification would only be to males and therefore would not enter the food system...

... found was that there s a slight modification in the behaviour of the foxes with dogs. In contrast, there s a major disruption to behaviour of the dingoes when foxes are present. LYN WATSON: (representative from the Australian Dingo Foundation). I think some of the people in the room know me, because...

... determined genetically for 46 live individuals using a common molecular technique. Males were significantly heavier, had larger heads, longer wings and longer tails than females. Univariate sexing criteria were developed based on the differences between males and females in two of these measures, weight...

... conditions be manipulated and replicated, but the identification and selection of individuals is easier (including sex, age, body mass, ancestry, genetics). Scientists have greater power to take medical, physiological or observational samples from individuals with known life histories. To give an example...

... is similar to two other exceptionally long-living mammalian species; the naked mole-rat ( Heterocephalus glaber ) and Homo sapiens . In recent times, the types of fats that make up cellular membrane have been implicated in the determination of a species' maximum lifespan. This modification of the oxidative...

... to thrive in urban impacted habitat, in contrast to most local endemic species. frogs biodiversity urban encroachment habitat modification reproductive characteristics Alonso-Gomez, A.L., Tejera, M., Alonso-Bedate, M. and Delgado, M.J. 1990. Response to pinealectomy and blinding...

... pattern. The historical relationship between evolving populations and geography can be inferred through detailed study of morphology, genetics, and earth history. The second important geographic component of local populations is genetic adaptation to local conditions. A particular enzyme modification...

..., Recognizing the close and traditional depend- ence of many indigenous and local com- Conscious of the intrinsic value of biological munities embodying traditional lifestyles on diversity and of the ecological, genetic, social, biological resources, and the desirability of economic, scientific, educational...

.... In contrast, growth varied more within populations than over time or between waterbodies and the observed results were considered to reflect genetic, rather than environmental, differences. Abnormalities were also hypothesised to reflect genetic differences and not environmental conditions. Limnodynastes...

... of the species. I argue that most young currently coming into care are not orphaned by virtue of genetic inferiority, but by the massive environmental degradation and modification caused by human-kind (e.g., suburban electricity cables). The counter argument is that, if a species is to adapt and survive...

... in the evolution of the dog and the taxonomy of dog lineages. Finally, I explore the identity of dingoes within Australia in the context of conservation management, considering how knowledge about hybridisation and genetic subdivision should be shaping conservation and management strategies. The process...

..., national, regional and global levels through, inter alia, their role in protecting fragile ecosystems, water- sheds and freshwater resources and as rich storehouses of biodiversity and biological resources and sources of genetic material for biotechnology products, as well as photosynthesis, should...

... history may have had on the genetic structure of the current koala population in South Gippsland, which is the only known koala population in Victoria that does not originate from animals re-introduced as part of the Victorian translocation program. Following European colonisation of Australia, a range...

..., who worked in teams. The computer program VORTEX was used to simulate population behaviour resulting from random demographic, genetic and environmental variation, and catastrophic events. VORTEX runs on an MS-DOS microcomputer, and Toshiba laptop microcomputers plus printers and plotters were used...

..., including the restricted exchange of genetic material and subsequent inbreeding depression (Lacy and Lindenmayer 1995; Madsen et al. 1996), and increased risks of exposure to predation (May and Norton 1996; Herrmann et al. 2012; Davis and Doherty 2015) and stochastic events, such as fire, that may lead...

... Burns, E. and Ferraria, G. 2004. Microsatellite loci for the Green and Golden Bell frogs Litoria aurea. Conservation Genetics 5: 421-427. Microsatellite loci for the Green and Golden Bell frogs Litoria aurea Conservation Genetics 5 421 427 Caiwood, M. 1997. Spawn of an era. Australian...

... genetic diversity that may be present among populations but also recognizes the need for several viable populations within a region to minimize the threat of catastrophes extinguishing the small populations that are now characteristic of L. aurea . ANCA, 1994. Endangered Species Protection Act...

... would be able to maintain a sufficient genetic diversity to allow for the viable perpetuation of the species in the long-term . The Australian Museum website3 also uses the somewhat guarded term now believed to be extinct , rather than extinct. As recently as 2012, the European Commission s...