ArticleHeredity2019
Genomic comparisons reveal biogeographic and anthropogenic impacts in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): a dietary-specialist species distributed across heterogeneous environments.
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- Pooled it
- Investigating the association between koala retrovirus and primary bone neoplasia in koalas (Veterinary pathology · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of a Standardised Genomic Tool for Conservation Management of the Koala (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Conservation Arks: Genomic Erosion and Inbreeding in an Abundant Island Population of Koalas.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- The sandfish identity: phylogeographic reconstructions uncover a species complex within the Indo-Pacific distribution of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra.BMC ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- A Guide for Developing Demo-Genetic Models to Simulate Genetic Rescue.Evolutionary applications · 2025Article
- Reversing the decline of threatened koala (Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- The Utility of the Koala Scat: A Scoping Review.Biology · 2024Article
- Health Assessments of Koalas after Wildfire: A Temporal Comparison of Rehabilitated and Non-Rescued Resident Individuals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Susceptibility to a sexually transmitted disease in a wild koala population shows heritable genetic variance but no inbreeding depression.Molecular ecology · 2022Article
- Geographic patterns of koala retrovirus genetic diversity, endogenization, and subtype distributions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- How microbiomes can help inform conservation: landscape characterisation of gut microbiota helps shed light on additional population structure in a specialist folivore.Animal microbiome · 2022Article
- Testing the effectiveness of genetic monitoring using genetic non-invasive sampling.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Koala immunogenetics and chlamydial strain type are more directly involved in chlamydial disease progression in koalas from two south east Queensland koala populations than koala retrovirus subtypes.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Comparing Genomic Signatures of Selection Between the Abbassa Strain and Eight Wild Populations of Nile Tilapia (Frontiers in genetics · 2020Article
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Abstract
The Australian koala is an iconic marsupial with highly specific dietary requirements distributed across heterogeneous environments, over a large geographic range. The distribution and genetic structure of koala populations has been heavily influenced by human actions, specifically habitat modification, hunting and translocation of koalas. There is currently limited information on population diversity and gene flow at a species-wide scale, or with consideration to the potential impacts of local adaptation. Using species-wide sampling across heterogeneous environments, and high-density genome-wide markers (SNPs and PAVs), we show that most koala populations display levels of diversity comparable to other outbred species, except for those populations impacted by population reductions. Genetic clustering analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction reveals a lack of support for current taxonomic classification of three koala subspecies, with only a single evolutionary significant unit supported. Furthermore, ~70% of genetic variance is accounted for at the individual level. The Sydney Basin region is highlighted as a unique reservoir of genetic diversity, having higher diversity levels (i.e., Blue Mountains region; AvHe
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