Population genetics of Island wallabies
- Earthy Inc.
- May 15, 2018
- 1 min read
St Helena Island, just off Brisbane's shore, is overpopulated by several thousand wallabies, which have bred from a known population of around 15. There is potential to use this population as a base to validate or vindicate the value of current DNA research on island populations and genetic diversity.
Project managers: James Skewes
Update: Awaiting reply from Roland Dowling QPWS who manages St Helena Island
Update: Contacted Dr. Gabriel Conroy. He said he is keen to help and possibly collaborate. He suggested that we would need a mainland wallaby to use as a control, suggesting we may be able to source samples from the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital/USC DNA bank that he is setting up.