[HTML][HTML] How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

K Theissinger, C Fernandes, G Formenti, I Bista… - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

Conservation biology needs a microbial renaissance: a call for the consideration of host-associated microbiota in wildlife management practices

BK Trevelline, SS Fontaine… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The central aim of conservation biology is to understand and mitigate the effects of human
activities on biodiversity. To successfully achieve this objective, researchers must take an …

Host microbiota can facilitate pathogen infection

EJ Stevens, KA Bates, KC King - PLoS pathogens, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Animals live in symbiosis with numerous microbe species. While some can protect hosts
from infection and benefit host health, components of the microbiota or changes to the …

Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defence

DJ Becker, GF Albery, MK Kessler… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence and intensity of parasites in wild hosts varies across space and is a key
determinant of infection risk in humans, domestic animals and threatened wildlife. Because …

Population genomics: advancing understanding of nature

G Luikart, M Kardos, BK Hand, OP Rajora… - Population genomics …, 2019 - Springer
Population genomics is advancing our understanding of evolution, ecology, conservation,
agriculture, forestry, and human health by allowing new and long-standing questions to be …

The adaptive microbiome hypothesis and immune interactions in amphibian mucus

DC Woodhams, J McCartney, JB Walke… - Developmental & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microbiome is known to provide benefits to hosts, including extension of immune
function. Amphibians are a powerful immunological model for examining mucosal defenses …

Diversity-stability dynamics of the amphibian skin microbiome and susceptibility to a lethal viral pathogen

XA Harrison, SJ Price, K Hopkins, WTM Leung… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Variation among animals in their host-associated microbial communities is increasingly
recognized as a key determinant of important life history traits including growth, metabolism …

Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates

M Vinkler, SR Fiddaman, M Těšický… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Driven by co‐evolution with pathogens, host immunity continuously adapts to optimize
defence against pathogens within a given environment. Recent advances in genetics …

[HTML][HTML] Recent insights into aquatic viruses: Emerging and reemerging pathogens, molecular features, biological effects, and novel investigative approaches

QY Zhang, F Ke, L Gui, Z Zhao - Water Biology and Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquatic viruses are naturally present in the aquatic environment and the number of viruses
is staggering. Various multicellular organisms in aquatic ecosystems may be infected, cross …

Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world

MEB Ohmer, D Costantini, GÁ Czirják… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ecoimmunology is a rapidly developing field that explores how the environment shapes
immune function, which in turn influences host–parasite relationships and disease …