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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics

Bloomer, P

BSc, BSc(Hons) (PU vir CHO), MSc, PhD(UP) - Associate Professor

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Telephone number: 012 420 3259
Fax number: 012 362 5327
E-mail address: paulette.bloomer@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Molecular Ecology and Evolution

The ecology, ethology, physiology and evolution of African animals; Behavioural, physiological and evolutionary ecology; and Antarctic biology

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Crowe TM, Bowie RCK, Bloomer P, Mandiwana TG, Hedderson TAJ, Randi E, Pereira SL, Wakeling J: 2006. Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): Effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data. Cladistics-The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 22, pp 1-38.

Hare MP, Allen S, Bloomer P, Camara MD, Carnegie RB, Murfree J, Luckenbach M, Meritt D, Morrison C, Paynter K, Reece KS, Rose CG: 2006. A genetic test for recruitment enhancement in Chesapeake Bay oysters, Crassostrea virginica, after population supplement with a disease tolerant strain. Conservation Genetics, 7, pp 717-734.

Russo I-R, Chimimba CT, Bloomer P: 2006. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation between two species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Southern Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (3) / Jun, pp 545-553.

Delport W, Grant TJ, Ryan PG, Bloomer P: 2006. Ten microsatellite loci for evolutionary research on Nesospiza buntings. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 1180-1183.

Forgie S, Kryger U, Bloomer P, Scholtz CH: 2006. Evolutionary relationships among the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40, pp 662-678.

 

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