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• Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

  Johnson, R. N., O’Meally, D., Chen, Z., Etherington, G. J., Ho, S. Y. W., Nash, W. J., Grueber, C. E., Cheng, Y., Whittington, C. M., Dennison, S., Peel, E., Haerty, W., O’Neill, R. J., Colgan, D., Russell, T. L., Alquezar-Planas, D. E., Attenbrow, V., Bragg, J. G., Brandies, P. A., Chong, A. Y. Y. & 34 others, Deakin, J. E., Di Palma, F., Duda, Z., Eldridge, M. D. B., Ewart, K. M., Hogg, C. J., Frankham, G. J., Georges, A., Gillett, A. K., Govendir, M., Greenwood, A. D., Hayakawa, T., Helgen, K. M., Hobbs, M., Holleley, C. E., Heider, T. N., Jones, E. A., King, A., Madden, D., Graves, J. A. M., Morris, K. M., Neaves, L. E., Patel, H. R., Polkinghorne, A., Renfree, M. B., Robin, C., Salinas, R., Tsangaras, K., Waters, P. D., Waters, S. A., Wright, B., Wilkins, M. R., Timms, P. & Belov, K., Aug 2018, In: Nature Genetics. 50, 8, p. 1102-1111 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Phascolarctidae
  • Genome
  • Marsupialia
  • Ecosystem
  • Population
  59 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Amphibians and reptiles

  Pusey, B., Cook, B. & Georges, A., 2011, Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia: Patterns, threats and future. Pusey, B. (ed.). Darwin, Australia: Charles Darwin University Press, p. 93-110 18 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter

  • reptile
  • amphibian
  • biodiversity
  • rainfall
  • habitat

• A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea

  Thomson, S., Anamiato, J. & GEORGES, A., 21 Aug 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4006, 1, p. 59-82 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • new subgenus
  • New Guinea
  • turtle
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Application of the precautionary principle to taxa of uncertain status - the case of the Bellinger River Turtle.

  Georges, A., Spencer, R-J., Welsh, M., Shaffer, B., Walsh, R. & ZHANG, X., 2011, In: Endangered Species Research. 14, 2, p. 127-134 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • precautionary principle
  • turtle
  • river
  • regulatory framework
  • conservation status
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

  O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S. & Marshall-Graves, J., 2012, In: Chromosome Research. 20, 1, p. 7-19 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Lizards
  • Chromosomes
  • Mammals
  • Gene Order
  62 Citations (Scopus)

• Assault from all sides: hybridization and introgression threaten the already critically endangered Myuchelys georgesi (Chelonia: Chelidae)

  Georges, A., Spencer, R. J., Kilian, A., Welsh, M. & Zhang, X., 1 Jan 2018, In: Endangered Species Research. 37, p. 239-247 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

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• Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups

  GONZALEZ-OROZCO, C., Mishler, B., Miller, J., Laffan, S., Knerr, N., UNMACK, P., GEORGES, A., Thornhill, A., Rosauer, D. & GRUBER, B., 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 22, p. 5177-5192 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • endemism
  • indigenous species
  • phylogenetics
  • biodiversity
  • phylogeny
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Australian marsupial species identification

  Wilson-Wilde, L., Norman, J., Robertson, J., Sarre, S. & Georges, A., 2011, Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. Netherlands: Elsevier, Vol. 3. p. 543-544 2 p. (Genetics supplement series; vol. 3, no. 1).

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review

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  • Diprotodontia
  • Metatheria
  • species identification
  • forensic sciences
  • Burramyidae
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kenneth and Georges 2000-Sandstone Snake-Necked Turtle

  THOMSON, S., Kennett, R., FitzSimmons, N., Featherston, P., Alacs, E. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. 5, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina
  • Rhinella marina
  • sandstone
  • turtles
  • snakes

• Comparing and combining distance-based and character-based approaches for barcoding turtles

  Reid, B., Le, M., McCord, W., Iverson, J., Georges, A., Bergmann, T., Amato, G., DeSalle, R. & Naro-Maciel, E., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 11, p. 956-967 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Turtles
  • barcoding
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • wildlife
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Connections: Brazil and Australia

  Gates, M., Mow, K., Georges, A. & Pinherio-Penna, M., 2011

  Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

  • Brazil

• Conservation implications of turtle declines in Australia's Murray River system

  Van Dyke, J. U., Spencer, R. -J., Thompson, M. B., Chessman, B., Howard, K. & Georges, A., 1 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, p. 1-12 12 p., 1998.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Contemporary genetic structure reflects historical drainage isolation in an Australian snapping turtle, Elseya albagula

  Todd, E. V., Blair, D., Farrington, L., FitzSimmons, N., GEORGES, A., Limpus, C. J. & Jerry, D. R., 2013, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169, p. 200-214 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Chelydridae
  • historic sites
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • drainage
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• dartr: An r package to facilitate analysis of SNP data generated from reduced representation genome sequencing

  GRUBER, B., UNMACK, P., Berry, O. F. & GEORGES, A., 1 May 2018, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 18, 3, p. 691-699 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • genome
  • data analysis
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
  • Phylogeny
  • Data Analysis
  69 Citations (Scopus)

• Defining priority areas through social and biological data for the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) conservation program in the Kikori Region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 28, p. 19-25 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • turtle
  • pig
  • protected area
  • sandbank
  • program

• Demonstrating decline of an iconic species under sustained indigenous harvest -- the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) in Papua New Guinea.

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Biological Conservation. 144, 9, p. 2282-2288 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta
  • Papua New Guinea
  • turtle
  • pig
  • harvest
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Developmental asynchrony and antagonism of sex determination pathways in a lizard with temperature-induced sex reversal

  Whiteley, S. L., Weisbecker, V., Georges, A., Gauthier, A. R. G., Whitehead, D. L. & Holleley, C. E., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 14892.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Did Lizards Follow Unique Pathways in Sex Chromosome Evolution?

  Alam, S. M. I., Sarre, S. D., Gleeson, D., Georges, A. & Ezaz, T., May 2018, In: Genes. 9, 5, p. 1-16 16 p., 239.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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  12 Citations (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Ecological and physiological impacts of salinisation on freshwater turtles of the lower Murray River

  Bower, D., Death, C. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Wildlife Research. 39, 8, p. 705-710 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • salinization
  • ecological impact
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • rivers
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• eDNA Surveillance for High Risk Invasive Fish

  GEORGES, A., EZAZ, T., Hardy, C. M., LINTERMANS, M., Taggart, J. B. & SARRE, SD., 2012, CRC for Invasive Animals and Murray Darling Basin Authority,. 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other

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  • ornamental fish
  • fish industry
  • monitoring
  • fish
  • Percopsidae

• Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates

  Quinn, A., Sarre, S., Ezaz, T., Marshall Graves, J. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Biology Letters. 7, 3, p. 443-448 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Temperature
  • gender
  • Sex Determination Processes
  60 Citations (Scopus)

• First record of hatchling overwintering inside the natal nest of a chelid turtle

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 63, 4, p. 287-291 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • overwintering
  • nest
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • nests
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• For reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination, thermal variability may be as important as thermal averages

  GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Animal Conservation. 16, 5, p. 493-494 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • sex determination
  • sex ratio
  • reptile
  • nest site
  • climate change
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Genomewide SNP markers breathe new life into phylogeography and species delimitation for the problematic short-necked turtles (Chelidae: Emydura) of eastern Australia

  Georges, A., Gruber, B., Pauly, G. B., White, D., Adams, M., Young, M. J., Kilian, A., Zhang, X., Shaffer, H. B. & Unmack, P. J., Dec 2018, In: Molecular Ecology. 27, 24, p. 5195-5213 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Phylogeography
  • Chelidae
  • Gene Flow
  • Turtles
  • phylogeography
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

  GEORGES, A., Li, Q., Lian, J., O'Meally, D., DEAKIN, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, P., Fujita, M., Patel, H., Zhou, Y., MATSUBARA, K., Waters, P., Graves, J., SARRE, S. & Zhang, G., 2015, In: Giga Science. 4, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 45.

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  • Lizards
  • Genes
  • Genome
  • Reptiles
  • Scaffolds
  50 Citations (Scopus)

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• How does temperature determine sex?

  Georges, A. & Holleley, C. E., 11 May 2018, In: Science. 360, 6389, p. 601-602 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of bacterial isolates from a public hospital in Australia using complexity-reduced genotyping

  Talamantes-Becerra, B., Carling, J., Kennedy, K., Gahan, M. E. & Georges, A., May 2019, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 160, p. 11-19 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bacterial Genomes
  • Public Hospitals
  • Microbiology
  • CTGCAG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction to the special issue-Developmental plasticity in reptiles: Physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences

  Warner, D. A., Du, W-G. & Georges, A., 1 Apr 2018, In: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 329, 4-5, p. 153-161 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen?

  Bower, D. S., Lips, K. R., Amepou, Y., Richards, S., Dahl, C., Nagombi, E., Supuma, M., Dabek, L., Alford, R. A., Schwarzkopf, L., Ziembicki, M., Noro, J. N., Hamidy, A., Gillespie, G. R., Berger, L., Eisemberg, C., Li, Y., Liu, X., Jennings, C. K., Tjaturadi, B. & 10 others, Peters, A., Krockenberger, A. K., Nason, D., Kusrini, M. D., Webb, R. J., Skerratt, L. F., Banks, C., Mack, A. L., Georges, A. & Clulow, S., Jun 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17, 6, p. 348-354 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea
  • amphibian
  • pathogen
  • amphibians
  • fungus
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Isolation and characterisation of novel microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers for the Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)

  Frère, C. H., Prentis, P. J., Ezaz, T. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 4, 1, p. 113-116 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Karyotypic analysis and FISH mapping of microsatellite motifs reveal highly differentiated XX/XY sex chromosomes in the pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella, Pygopodidae, Squamata)

  MATSUBARA, K., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A. & EZAZ, T., 2013, In: Molecular Cytogenetics. 6:60, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Lizards
  • Y Chromosome
  • Chromosomes
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Mary River Turtle Elusor Macrurus Cann and Legler, 1994

  Fielder, D. & Georges, A., 2012, Queenland's Threatened Animals. Services, P. S. E. (ed.). Australia: CSIRO Publishing, p. 201-202 2 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter

  • turtles
  • tail
  • rivers
  • sexual dimorphism
  • skin (animal)

• Mitochondrial variation among Australian freshwater turtles (genus Myuchelys), with special reference to the Endangered M. bellii

  Fielder, D., Vernes, K., Alacs, E. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Endangered Species Research. 17, 1, p. 63-71 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • mitochondrial DNA
  • turtle
  • divergence
  • isolated population
  • biodiversity loss
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression

  Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P. D., Thomson, S. & Fritz, U., 9 Apr 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 5841.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Molecular cytogenetic map of the central bearded dragon, Pogona vitticeps (Squamata: Agamidae)

  O'Meally, D., Sarre, S., Georges, A. & Ezaz, T., 2013, In: Chromosome Research. 21, p. 361-374 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cytogenetics
  • Nucleolus Organizer Region
  • Reptiles
  • Chickens
  • Chromosomes
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• Movement and habitat use of Australia's largest snake-necked turtle: implications for water management

  Bower, D., Hutchinson, M. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Journal of Zoology. 287, 1, p. 76-80 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • snake
  • water management
  • habitat use
  • turtle
  • turtles
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Myuchelys bellii (Gray 1844) – Western Saw-shelled Turtle, Bell’s Turtle

  Fielder, D., Chessman, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Myuchelys georgesi (Cann 1997) – Bellinger River Turtle

  Cann, J., Spencer, R., Welsh, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms

  Schwanz, L., EZAZ, T., GRUBER, B. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26, 12, p. 2544-2557 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • sex determination
  • gender
  • sex reversal
  • transition
  • temperature
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Perspectives on the clonal persistence of presumed ‘ghost’ genomes in unisexual or allopolyploid taxa arising via hybridization

  Unmack, P. J., Adams, M., Bylemans, J., Hardy, C. M., Hammer, M. P. & Georges, A., 18 Mar 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 4730.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Clone Cells
  • Genome
  • Polyploidy
  • Diploidy
  • Mitochondrial DNA
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Taxonomic Re-revisions: An Example from the Australian Short-necked Turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)

  Spinks, P., GEORGES, A. & Shaffer, H., 1 Sep 2015, In: Copeia. 103, 3, p. 536-540 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • uncertainty
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeography and species delimitation of Cherax destructor (Decapoda Parastacidae) using genome-wide SNPs

  Unmack, P. J., Young, M. J., Gruber, B., White, D., Kilian, A., Zhang, X. & Georges, A., 2019, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 70, 6, p. 857-869 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cherax destructor
  • Parastacidae
  • phylogeography
  • polymorphism
  • Decapoda
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Profiling a possible rapid extinction event in a long-lived species

  Spencer, R. J., Van Dyke, J., Petrov, K., DE OLIVEIRA FERRONATO, B., McDougall, F., Austin, M., Keitel, C. & Georges, A., May 2018, In: Biological Conservation. 221, p. 190-197 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • extinction
  • turtle
  • pathogen
  • turtles
  • pathogens
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea

  Le, M., Reid, B. N., McCord, W., Naro-Maciel, E., Raxworthy, C., Amato, G. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68, p. 251-258 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • Turtles
  • turtle
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Responses of freshwater turtles to drought: The past, present and implications for future climate change in Australia

  Roe, J. & Georges, A., 1 Apr 2011, Turtles: Anatomy, Ecology and Conservation. Cosgrove, M. J. & Roe, S. A. (eds.). United States: Nova Science Publishers Inc, p. 169-189 21 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review

  • Droughts
  • Climate Change
  • Turtles
  • Fresh Water
  • Global Warming

• Salinity of incubation media influences embryonic development of a freshwater turtle

  BOWER, D. & GEORGES, A., 2013, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology Series B. 183, p. 235-241 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Salinity
  • Turtles
  • embryonic development
  • Fresh Water
  • turtle
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinity of the coastal nesting environment and its association with body size in the estuarine pig-nosed turtle

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal of Zoology. 295, 1, p. 65-74 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta
  • turtle
  • body size
  • pig
  • sandbank
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Sequence and gene content of a large fragment of a lizard sex chromosome and evaluation of candidate sex differentiating gene R-spondin 1

  EZAZ, T., O'Meally, D., MATSUBARA, K., Edwards, M., HOLLELEY, C., DEAKIN, J., Graves, J., GEORGES, A., Edwards, S. V. & SARRE, S., 2013, In: BMC Genomics. 14:899, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • vpr Genes
  • Lizards
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Reptiles
  • Genes
  29 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Sex reversal triggers the rapid transition from genetic to temperature-dependent sex

  HOLLELEY, C., OMEALLY, D., SARRE, S., Graves, J., EZAZ, T., MATSUBARA, K. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7558, p. 79-82 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Temperature
  • Animals
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Climate change
  • Fish
  129 Citations (Scopus)

• Short-read fastA files dataset from complexity-reduced genotyping by sequencing data of bacterial isolates from a public hospital in Australia

  Talamantes-Becerra, B., Carling, J., Kennedy, K., Gahan, M. E. & Georges, A., Aug 2019, In: Data in Brief. 25, p. 1-7 7 p., 104273.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • CTGCAG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Public Hospitals
  • Datasets
  3 Downloads (Pure)