Dr Lynne van Herwerden
Lecturer
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Bsc, Bsc (Hons), Msc, PhD JCU
Member of: Genetics Society of Australia |
Research Interests
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Population genetics and phylogeography of reef fish
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Phylogeny and biogeography of reef fish
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Identification of hybridization in reef fish species/variants
Recent and Current Projects Include
My research focuses on understanding speciation in reef fishes. We approach this question by investigating
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Molecular Phylogenetics: To understand phylogenetic relationships between species that are members of large groups, such as parrotfishes and angelfishes or species that are possibly in the process of speciation ( Acanthachromis polyacanthus colour morphs).
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Population genetics: We are generally interested in understanding how larval dispersal abilities and other life history features affect speciation (or the inhibition thereof). Our focus is on tropical species of the Indo-West Pacific.
Areas of research which I have recently been involved in are: Development of microsatellite markers for a range of species, including Lethrinus miniatus and Plectropomus laevis ; Population structure survey of L. miniatus across its range along the Great Barrier Reef and Testing utility of microsatellite markers in other commercially important reef fish species; hybridisation in Acanthochromis polyacanthus and in coral trout on the GBR; Evolution and biogeography of angelfishes; Sympatric speciation by host shift in the sea.
Recent and Currently Supervised Projects
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Phylogeny of the acanthurid genus Naso and the evolutionary history of diet
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Social organization and mating systems in a coral dwelling gobie
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Molecular Phylogenies of Coral Reef Fishes: Speciation in the Indo-West Pacific
Future PhD Directions
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Coral trout genetics and temperature selection
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Acanthochromis genetics and temperature selection
Teaching
Introductory Marine Science
Coral Reef Ecosystems
Molecular Approaches to Marine Ecology and Evolution
Selected Publications (2006 – Current)
Klanten, SO., Choat, JH. & van Herwerden, L. (2007) Extreme genetic diversity and temporal rather than spatial partitioning in a widely distributed coral reef fish. Marine Biology. 150: 659 - 670
Marie, A., van Herwerden, L., Choat, JH. & Hobbs, JA. (2007) Hybridization of reef fishes at the Indo-Pacific biogeographic barrier: a case study. Coral Reefs. 26: 841 - 850
Munkres, KP., Bay, LK., Jerry, DR., McCormick, MI. & van Herwerden, L. (2007) Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for parentage analyses of the coral reef damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis: Pomacentridae). Conservation genetics. 8 (4): 987 - 990
Yaakub, S., Bellwood, DR. & van Herwerden, L. (2007) A rare hybridization event in two common Caribbean wrasses (genus Halichoeres; family Labridae). Coral Reefs. 26: 597 - 602
Davies, C., Williams, AJ., Mapstone, BD., Benzie, JAH., van Herwerden, L., Choat, JH., Adams, S., Murchie. CD., Bean, K., Carlos, G., Tobin, A. & Ackerman, JL. (2006) Stock structure and regional variation in population dynamics of the Red Throat Emperor and other target species of the Queensland Tropical Reef line Fishery. In: CRC Reef Research Centre Technical Report #61 . CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville, QLD
Frisch, AJ. & van Herwerden, L. (2006) Field and experimental studies of hybridization between coral trouts, Plectropomus leopardus and Plectropomus maculatus (Serranidae), on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology. 68: 1013 - 1025
Hoolihan, J., Anandh, P. & van Herwerden, L. (2006) Mitochondrial DNA analyses of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) suggest a single genetic stock in the ROPME sea area (Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea). Ices Journal of Marine Science. 63: 1066 - 1074
Read, CI., Bellwood, DR. & van Herwerden, L. (2006) Ancient origins of Indo-Pacific coral reef fish biodiversity: A case study of the leopard wrasses (Labridae: Macropharyngodon). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38: 808 - 819
van Herwerden, L. & Doherty, P. (2006) Contrasting genetic structures across two hybrid zones of a tropical reef fish, Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker 1855). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19: 239 - 252
van Herwerden, L., Choat, JH., Dudgeon, CL., Carlos, G., Newman, S., Frisch, AJ. & van Oppen, MJH, (2006) Contrasting patterns of genetic structure in two species of the coral trout Plectropomus (Serranidae) from east and west Australia: Introgressive hybridisation or ancestral polymorphisms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41: 420 - 435
van Herwerden, L., McIlwain, J., Al-Oufi, H., Al-Amry, W. & Reyes, A. (2006) Development and application of microsatellite markers for Scomberomorus commerson (Perciformes; Teleostei) to a population genetic study of Arabian Peninsula stocks. Fisheries Research. 79: 258 - 266
Yaakub, S., Bellwood, DR., van Herwerden, L. & Walsh, FM. (2006)Hybridization in coral reef fishes: Introgression and bi-directional gene exchange in Thalassoma (family Labridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40: 84 - 100
Contact Details
Dr Lynne van Herwerden
Campus: Townsville
Phone: +61 7 4781 6286
Fax: +61 7 4725 1570
