218 - Conservation Genetics with Dr. Kevin Feldheim

This week, Elise (IG: @elise_the_mermaid) sits down with Dr. Kevin Feldheim of the Chicago Field Museum's Pritzker DNA Lab to talk about how genetics research can be used as a tool for population monitoring and conservation. They chat about parthenogenesis in elasmobranchs, the high value of long-term datasets, shark research in the Midwest, and more!

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