Dareen Almojil
Email: da358@cam.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)1223 762934
Qualifications:
MSc, James Cook University, Australia.
BSc, Kuwait University.
Research
My research aims to understand the basic conservation requirements needed to regulate the harvest of the heavily fished Black-tip shark Carcharhinus limbatus along the Arabian/Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. My work adopts a multidisciplinary approach that combines the use of molecular tools with local ecological knowledge obtained from fishermen. On the molecular aspects of the project, I am investigating patterns of genetic variation of the Black-tip shark C.limbatus populations along the Arabian region. I am also looking at the effect of level of genetic diversity (heterozygosity) on resisting environmental pressures such as parasites load and reproductive success. This will be possible by testing for a correlation between levels of genetic diversity at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, adaptive markers of highest polymorphism in vertebrates, and both parasites load and mate success (number of sires per female). The adaptive MHC-linked microsatellite markers will be complemented with neutral microsatellite markers to test for the hypothesis that MHC heterozygosity is an adaptive way to reduce parasites load in sharks.
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