The Fish Department - Visitors
Catherine Nock
Cathy Nock taking a tissue sample at the Australian Museum, April 2006. Photo: M. McGrouther © Australian Museum. View larger image.
Cathy Nock is a PhD student at the Centre for Animal Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales.
Cathy is studying the population genetics of the endangered Clarence River Cod, Maccullochella ikei and the evolutionary history of all four Maccullochella species (Clarence River Cod, Mary River Cod, Murray Cod and Trout Cod).
Cathy visited the Australian Museum on 26 April 2006 to take small fin clip samples from Maccullochella specimens for DNA analysis.
Copyright © Australian Museum, 2006
Page researched and compiled by
M. McGrouther & C. Nock, May 2006.
