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Dr Lauren C White
@drlozwhite.bsky.social
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Molecular ecologist working at the Arthur Rylah Institute. My research uses genetic data gathered from wild animal populations to address how natural selection shapes biodiversity and how we can conserve it.
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Dr Lauren C White @drlozwhite.bsky.social · 12d
New paper! We use non-invasive genetic sampling (poo swabs + SNP typing) and spatially-explicit capture-recapture modelling to estimate deer density before and after control to quantify how effective the programs were.

www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24214
Quantifying deer control efficiency using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture–recapture
Context Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) are the most numerous of the six species of introduced deer in Australia. They cause significant environmental damage and pose a considerable biosecurity threat to ...
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jun 25
Want to explore the expected relatedness in different social groups - and how this can affect competition? Check out the neat app L. White did for our paper: https://bsky.app/profile/drlozwhite.bsky.social/post/3lsgieizk4k2a

paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.250385
Screenshot of the online app, showing the sliders for the settings of different social parameters on the left and the result relatedness and competition patterns on the right. The settings reflect the case we found for chimpanzees.
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Dr Lauren C White @drlozwhite.bsky.social · Jun 26
Bonus shiny app for exploring the impact of different demographic parameters on kinship dynamics and inclusive fitness, as predicted by Johnstone & Cant’s formulae: lozwhite.shinyapps.io/ShinyJohnsto...
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Dr Lauren C White @drlozwhite.bsky.social · Jun 25
“Avoidance of reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in chimpanzees”
Read how we used genomic data to examine kinship dynamics as they relate to menopause in chimpanzees!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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