School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Increasing generations in captivity is associated with increased vulnerability of Tasmanian devils to vehicle strike following release to the wild
Published 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 -
Genetic analysis of scat samples to inform conservation of the Tasmanian devil
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 -
Inbreeding depression in one of the last DFTD-free wild populations of Tasmanian devils
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 -
COVID-19 transmission in Mainland China is associated with temperature and humidity: a time-series analysis
Published 2020COVID-19 has become a pandemic. The influence of meteorological factors on the transmission and spread of COVID-19 if of interest. This study sought to examine the associations of daily average temperature (AT) and relative ...Preprint -
Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding
Published 2020Background: In late December, 2019, patients presenting with viral pneumonia due to an unidentified microbial agent were reported in Wuhan, China. A novel coronavirus was subsequently identified as the causative pathogen, ...Article