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9 Jun 2020

Genetic matchmaker ... for birds!

From Nine To Noon, 11:30 am on 9 June 2020

Kakī/black stilt. Credit: Liz Brown

Tammy Steeves. Credit: Prabha Mallya

Orange-fronted parakeets, or kākāriki karaka. Credit: Leonie Heyder

Kakī chicks. Credit: Stephanie Galla

Kakī. Credit: Liz Brown

Tūturuatu/shore plover. Credit: Leonie Heyder

Tūturuatu chick. Credit: Leonie Heyder

Kōwaro/Canterbury mudfish. Angus McIntosh

Kēkēwai / Fresh water crayfish. Credit: Angus McIntosh

Tammy Steeves and her daughter Tegan holding a juvenile kakī. Credit: Cody Thyne

Conservation geneticist, Tammy Steeves talks to Kathryn Ryan about how she helps some of our highly threatened native birds find 'the one' using DNA to estimate relatedness and make pairing recommendations.

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