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* Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR
* Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR
===Past===
===Past===
* Gender assignment (sexing) of Dugong tissue biopsies
* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02041.x]Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies
* Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and Dugong (Dugong dugon)
* Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon)
* Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants
* Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants



Revision as of 22:35, 26 April 2008

Contact Info

Marcus McHale

Education

  • 2005, BSc (Hons I) University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Development and application of molecular technologies
  • Epigenetics (particularly small RNA mediated)
  • Agricultural diversity
  • Fisheries depletion

Projects

Current

  • Investigating the expression of genes related to ovary activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera) using real-time PCR

Past

  • [1]Gender assignment (sexing) of dugong tissue biopsies
  • Genetic mark-recapture of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) and dugong (Dugong dugon)
  • Durable RNA silencing mediated transgenic virus resistance in plants

Publications

  1. A multiplex PCR assay for gender assignment in dugong (Dugong dugon) and West-Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). M. MCHALE, D. BRODERICK, J . R. OVENDEN and J . M. LANYON. Molecular Ecology Resources (2008) 8, 669–670

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