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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A serendipitous journey from finance to science

Linda Broadhurst
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Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Email: linda.broadhurst@csiro.au

Pacific Conservation Biology 24(3) 244-247 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18019
Submitted: 5 February 2018  Accepted: 13 May 2018   Published: 15 June 2018

Abstract

This paper describes my serendipitous journey from university to the finance sector and back to university and a significant career highlight – shifting the emphasis on collecting seed from small local populations for restoration programs in favour of collecting seed with high genetic diversity.

Additional keywords: conservation, local adaptation, population genetics, restoration, seed


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