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Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population
Wright, Belinda; Morris, Katrina; Grueber, Catherine E.; Willet, Cali E.; Gooley, Rebecca; Hogg, Carolyn J.; O’Meally, Denis; Hamede, Rodrigo; Jones, Menna; Wade, Claire; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01Background: The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) has undergone a recent, drastic population decline due to the highly contagious devil facial tumor disease. The tumor is one of only two naturally occurring transmissible ...Open AccessArticle -
“Devil Tools & Tech”: A Synergy of Conservation Research and Management Practice
Hogg, Carolyn J.; Grueber, Catherine E.; Pemberton, David; Fox, Samantha; Lee, Andrew V.; Ivy, Jamie A.; Belov, KatherinePublished 2017-01-01Biodiversity conservation continually presents new challenges, yet conservation resources are limited, and funding for applied conservation re-search projects more so. Recently, many have reported on the “research–implementation ...Open AccessArticle -
From reference genomes to population genomics: comparing three reference aligned reduced-representation sequencing pipelines in two wildlife species
Wright, Belinda; Farquharson, Katherine A.; McLennan, Elspeth A.; Belov, Katherine; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Grueber, Catherine E.Published 2019-01-01Background: Recent advances in genomics have greatly increased research opportunities for non-model species. For wildlife, a growing availability of reference genomes means that population genetics is no longer restricted ...Open AccessArticle -
Genetic analysis of scat samples to inform conservation of the Tasmanian devil
Grueber, Catherine E.; Chong, Rowena; Gooley, Rebecca M.; McLennan, Elspeth A.; Barrs, Vanessa R.; Belov, Katherine; Hogg, Carolyn J.Published 2020-01-01Recent advances in molecular genetics have enabled a great deal of information about species to be obtained from analysis of non-invasively collected samples such as scat. Scat provides genetic information via residual ...Open AccessArticle -
Genomic insights into a contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils
Grueber, Catherine E.; Peel, Emma; Gooley, Rebecca; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01The Tasmanian devil faces extinction due to a contagious cancer. Genetic and genomic technologies revealed that the disease arose in a Schwann cell of a female devil. Instead of dying with the original host, the tumour was ...Article -
Inbreeding depression in one of the last DFTD-free wild populations of Tasmanian devils
Gooley, Rebecca M.; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Fox, Samantha; Pemberton, David; Belov, Katherine; Grueber, Catherine E.Published 2020-01-01Background. Vulnerable species experiencing inbreeding depression are prone to localised extinctions because of their reduced fitness. For Tasmanian devils, the rapid spread of devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) has led ...Open AccessArticle -
Increasing generations in captivity is associated with increased vulnerability of Tasmanian devils to vehicle strike following release to the wild
Grueber, Catherine E.; Reid-Wainscoat, Elizabeth E.; Fox, Samantha; Belov, Katherine; Shier, Debra M.; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Pemberton, DavidPublished 2017-01-01Captive breeding of threatened species, for release to the wild, is critical for conservation. This strategy, however, risks producing captive-raised animals with traits poorly suited to the wild. We describe the first ...Open AccessArticle -
Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Morris, Katrina M.; Wright, Belinda; Grueber, Catherine E.; Hogg, Carolyn; Belov, KatherinePublished 2015-01-01The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is threatened with extinction due to the spread of devil facial tumour disease. Polymorphisms in immune genes can provide adaptive potential to resist diseases. Previous studies ...Open AccessArticle -
Pedigree reconstruction using molecular data reveals an early warning sign of gene diversity loss in an island population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)
McLennan, Elspeth A.; Gooley, Rebecca M.; Wise, Phil; Belov, Katherine; Hogg, Carolyn J.; Grueber, Catherine E.Published 2018-01-01Tasmanian devils have experienced an 85% population decline since the emergence of an infectious cancer. In response, a captive insurance population was established in 2006 with a subpopulation later introduced onto Maria ...Article
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