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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I received my PhD in population genetics from The University of Western Australia in 1997 and held postdoctoral positions at University College London and La Trobe University before returning to UWA to take up a UWA postdoctoral fellowship in 2003. I became a lecturer in the School of Animal Biology in 2006. My research focuses on the genetics of adaptation and the genetic threats of extinction posed to small populations.
Research
Genetic basis of phenotypic variation in Drosophila
Population genetics of marine species
Population genetic consequences of small population size
Teaching overview
Unit Coordinator
Conservation Genetics (BIOL5542)
Field Studies in Zoology (ANIM2209)
Evolutionary Processes (ANIM3362)
Contributor
Frontiers in Biology (BIOL1130)
Principles of Inheritance (GENE2250)
Wildlife Conservation & Management (ANIM3353)
Research expertise keywords
- Genetics
- Evolution
- Population genetics
- Conservation genetics
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Acute Heat Priming Dampens Gene Expression Response to Thermal Stress in a Widespread Acropora Coral
Stick, D. J. A., Kennington, W. J., Castro-Sanguino, C., Duffy, S. L., Gilmour, J. P. & Thomas, L., Jan 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 1, 14 p., e72938.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Concordant Patterns of Population Genetic Structure and Symbiont Communities in a Broadcasting Spawning Coral Along a Western Australian Fringing Reef
Duffy, S. L., Kennington, W. J., Richards, Z. T. & Thomas, L., Jan 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 1, e72585.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diverged Populations Admixture Bolsters Genetic Diversity of a New Island Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) Population, but Does Not Prevent Subsequent Loss of Genetic Variation
Thavornkanlapachai, R., Mills, H. R., Ottewell, K., Lambert, C., Friend, J. A., White, D. J., Aisya, Z. & Kennington, W. J., Jan 2025, In: Evolutionary Applications. 18, 1, e70073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of rutile titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2) on reproduction in the broadcast-spawning sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma armigera
Dose, A., Kennington, W. J. & Evans, J. P., 10 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 758, p. 89-102 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heroic heirs: evidence for sexy and competitive sons
Dewan, N., Kennington, W. J., Tomkins, J. L. & Dugand, R. J., 1 Aug 2025, In: Evolution. 79, 8, p. 1503-1512 10 p., qpaf089.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data from: It’s not all black and white: investigating colour polymorphism in manta rays across Indo-Pacific populations
Venables, S. (Creator), Marshall, A. (Creator), Germanov, E. (Creator), Perryman, R. (Creator), Tapilatu, R. (Creator), Hendrawan, I. G. (Creator), Flam, A. (Creator), Van Keulen, M. (Creator), Tomkins, J. (Creator) & Kennington, J. (Creator), DRYAD, 7 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8444pn0, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.8444pn0
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Data from: High levels of polyandry, but limited evidence for multiple paternity, in wild populations of the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus)
Loo Luy, J. (Creator), Kennington, W. J. (Creator), De Lestang, S. (Creator), How, J. (Creator) & Evans, J. (Creator), DRYAD, 14 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.pj5sf05, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.pj5sf05
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Data from: Long-term genetic monitoring reveals contrasting changes in the genetic composition of newly established populations of the intertidal snail Bembicium vittatum
Kennington, W. (Creator), DRYAD, 10 Aug 2012
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k2502d93, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.k2502d93
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Heroic heirs: evidence for sexy and competitive sons
Dewan, N. (Creator), Kennington, J. (Creator), Tomkins, J. (Creator) & Dugand, R. (Creator), DRYAD, 7 May 2025
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f1vhhmh6v, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.f1vhhmh6v
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Data from: Experimental evidence for accelerated adaptation to desiccation through sexual selection on males
Gibson Vega, A. (Creator), Kennington, J. (Creator), Tomkins, J. (Creator) & Dugand, R. (Creator), DRYAD, 23 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.qz612jmbd, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.qz612jmbd and 2 more links, https://zenodo.org/record/4959499, https://zenodo.org/records/4959499 (show fewer)
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The Application of Population Genomics Methods for the Conservation of Western Australia’s Iconic White-tailed Black Cockatoos
Dewan, N. (Investigator 01), Buckley, S. (Investigator 02) & Kennington, J. (Investigator 03)
21/01/26 → 16/02/29
Project: Research
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Male-male competition vs female choice: same-same or something different?
Tomkins, J. (Investigator 01) & Kennington, J. (Investigator 02)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/07/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Reproductive fitness consequences of variation in mitochondrial DNA in a broadcast spawning mussel
Hadlow, J. (Investigator 01), Evans, J. (Investigator 02), Lymbery, R. (Investigator 03) & Kennington, J. (Investigator 04)
Ecological Society of Australia
7/05/21 → 7/05/22
Project: Research
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2022 Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - Round 2
Kennington, J. (Investigator 01), Thomas, L. (Investigator 02) & Duffy, S. (Investigator 03)
Ecological Society of Australia
11/01/21 → 11/01/24
Project: Research
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Genetic stock structure of commercially important deep sea crab species
Kennington, J. (Investigator 01) & de Lestang, S. (Investigator 03)
Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
31/12/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Courses
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BIOL1130 Frontiers in Biology
Hemmi, J., Batley, J., Ranathunge, K. & Kennington, W. 27/02/20 → 30/06/20
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