Marine Murtskhvaladze

Marine Murtskhvaladze

Keywords : Caucasus Georgia Microsatellites Genetic distance Least-cost distance MtDNA Ursus arctos

Country : Georgia

Organization : Ilia State University

Department : Institute of Ecology

ResearchGate profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mari_Murtskhvaladze

Google scholar profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JWWd1oEAAAAJ&hl=en

Biography :

Graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Medicine in 2002, Master’s degree in biology and zoology. Graduated from Ilia State University in 2012 and defended his doctoral thesis on “Animal species and population structure research in the Caucasus”. Has worked at Ilia State University since 2007.

Research interests

  • Conservation genetics
  • Evolutionary biology and phylogenetics
  •  Genetic research of Caucasian endemic species
  • Population genetics of animal species