http://www.eerc.unsw.edu.au/news.html News about the research, postgraduate program and other activities of the E&ERC The University of New South Wales http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.eerc.unsw.edu.au/Images/rss_image.jpg http://www.eerc.unsw.edu.au/news.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +1000 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +1100 http://www.eerc.unsw.edu.au/news.html#059 Professor Iain Suthers of Evolution and Ecology Research Centre was recently interviewed on ABC radio national's Classic FM as part of their Mornings with Margaret Throsby Series. Margaret Throsby engages in conversation with her guests, along with playing their favourite music and telling their own personal stories. Professor Suthers studies the ecology and dynamics of increasing the increasing East Australian Current, from plankton to pilchards, using boats, ocean gliders and satellites. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +1000 http://www.eerc.unsw.edu.au/news.html#058 However much their owners may crimp or comb them, in the end a dog's coat - curly, shaggy, wavy or smooth - is controlled by just three genes. What's more, all the tiny variations of those genes -- which mix and match to create the distinctive coats of different breeds -- emerged in the past 200 years, when most purebreds likely originated. Or so says a team of US and French geneticists, headed by Elaine Ostrander of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. They reported their findings overnight in the journal Science. "It's a very neat piece of work," said Alan Wilton, a dog geneticist with the Evolution and Ecology Research Centre. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +1000