Keogh Group - Evolutionary biology & ecology of reptiles and amphibians

My primary research interest is the study and evaluation of evolutionary processes and we work mostly on reptile and frog systems because they are the animals I know the most about. My research interests and those of the group are quite broad. We 'concentrate' on four main research areas: molecular phylogenetics at all scales, comparative evolutionary biology, behavioural and molecular ecology, and natural history and conservation biology. Of course there is overlap between these research themes, particularly in some of the molecular methods used to tackle questions. What we do in each of these areas are described on my lab web site and have a look through our publications to get a better feel for what my group does.

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The most up to date list of our publications can be found on our Keogh Lab web site.  You can also go to a complete list of publications on the ISI website.

New boulder frog discovered

Story | Friday 7 October 2011

Scientists find new Australian frog

Story | Tuesday 26 July 2011

E&E PhD Exit Seminar - Spags and snags: the evolution of Australian blindsnakes

Event | Fri 1 December 2023
I will tell you about Australia's most diverse snake genus, their relationships with one another, how they got to where they are, and what their morphological and ecological variation can tell us about their evolutionary history and their future.
Recorded EE Webinar - Shokirov and Pavon

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Micro- and macro-evolution of micro- and macro-lizards

Event | Fri 27 November 2020
Why do organisms look the way they do? Why do they live where they do? Wy are some groups more diverse than others? These basic questions are often addressed at different scales using a particular set of methods.

Polyploidy and adaptation in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus

Event | Mon 20 May 2019

Polyploidy is rare in animals, and most polyploid animals reproduce asexually.

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Old World Serpents and New World Dragons: the Evolutionary Dynamics of Pythons and Liolaemid lizards

Event | Fri 12 April 2019

Current patterns of biodiversity, whether its species richness or phenotypic diversity, need to be understood in the context of the past.

E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Macroevolution across a changing Australian landscape

Event | Fri 22 February 2019

Over geological time, the earth’s surface and climate have changed, rearranging continental plates and oscillating between a hothouse and snowglobe

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