Current and future directions of DNA in wildlife forensic science

RN Johnson, L Wilson-Wilde, A Linacre - Forensic Science International …, 2014 - Elsevier
Wildlife forensic science may not have attained the profile of human identification, yet the
scale of criminal activity related to wildlife is extensive by any measure. Service delivery in …

A phylogenetic analysis of sleep architecture in mammals: the integration of anatomy, physiology, and ecology

JA Lesku, TC Roth II, CJ Amlaner… - The American …, 2006 - journals.uchicago.edu
Among mammalian species, the time spent in the two main “architectural” states of sleep—
slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep—varies greatly. Previous …

A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials

M Cardillo, ORP Bininda-Emonds, E Boakes… - Journal of …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Comparative studies require information on phylogenetic relationships, but complete
species-level phylogenetic trees of large clades are difficult to produce. One solution is to …

A phylogeny and timescale for marsupial evolution based on sequences for five nuclear genes

RW Meredith, M Westerman, JA Case… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2008 - Springer
Even though marsupials are taxonomically less diverse than placentals, they exhibit
comparable morphological and ecological diversity. However, much of their fossil record is …

Ossification heterochrony in the therian postcranial skeleton and the marsupial–placental dichotomy

V Weisbecker, A Goswami, S Wroe… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Postcranial ossification sequences in 24 therian mammals and three outgroup taxa were
obtained using clear staining and computed tomography to test the hypothesis that the …

A phylogeny of Diprotodontia (Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes

RW Meredith, M Westerman, MS Springer - Molecular phylogenetics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Even though the marsupial order Diprotodontia is one of the most heavily studied groups of
Australasian marsupials, phylogenetic relationships within this group remain contentious …

A phylogeny and timescale for the living genera of kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes: Marsupialia) based on nuclear DNA sequences

RW Meredith, M Westerman… - Australian Journal of …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes) are the most conspicuous elements of the
Australasian marsupial fauna. The approximately 70 living species can be divided into three …

Spermatogonial stem cell technologies: applications from human medicine to wildlife conservation

KB Damyanova, B Nixon, SD Johnston… - Biology of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) technologies that are currently under clinical development
to reverse human infertility hold the potential to be adapted and applied for the conservation …

First combined cladistic analysis of marsupial mammal interrelationships

RJ Asher, I Horovitz, MR Sánchez-Villagra - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2004 - Elsevier
We combine osteological, dental, and soft tissue data with sequences from three nuclear
and five mitochondrial genes, sampling all major living clades of marsupials plus several …

Trypanosoma irwini n. sp (Sarcomastigophora: Trypanosomatidae) from the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

LM McInnes, A Gillett, UM Ryan, J Austen… - Parasitology, 2009 - cambridge.org
The morphology and genetic characterization of a new species of trypanosome infecting
koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) are described. Morphological analysis of bloodstream …