
MEGASAT: High throughput automated genotyping of microsatellites by sequencing.
Research
Research in our lab examines biodiversity within species. Our focus is on aquatic organisms, primarily fishes, and especially fishes in Atlantic Canada. The research tools we use are mostly DNA-based, but we also use ecological, environmental and behavioural data.
We want to know how genetic variation is distributed across genomes, individuals and populations, and about the evolutionary and ecological processes that shape that genetic variation. We are interested in how populations are connected, whether they are locally adapted, and how genetic divergence can lead to formation of new species.
Much of our research has applications for conservation and management of wild populations. In some of our projects we use genetic data to develop tools to trace the population origins of fish caught in mixed stock fisheries. Other projects have contributed to Canada- and world-wide efforts to develop DNA barcoding tools to identify species – in our case, Atlantic Canadian fishes.
Fish and field work related images
Image metadata, including species names and locations, can be found at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/
Dr. Paul Bentzen
Biology Department – Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
Halifax – Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2
Phone: (902) 494-1105