Zac Tobias

Zac Tobias

he/him

Investigating the molecular and physiological basis of evolutionary adaptation to novel stressors in aquatic organisms.

Horsehair worm genetics

Master's research

A long horsehair worm held during fieldwork in New Zealand.

Assessing the genetic diversity of Nematomorpha in New Zealand.

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See photographs from this work in the master’s research gallery.

Related publications

  1. Zachary JC Tobias, Arun K Yadav, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Robert Poulin. (2017). Intra- and interspecific genetic diversity of New Zealand hairworms (Nematomorpha). Parasitology, 144(8), 1026–1040. [PDF]
  2. Arun K Yadav, Zachary JC Tobias, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. (2018). Gordionus maori (Nematomorpha: Gordiida), a new species of horsehair worm from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 45(1), 29–42. [PDF]
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