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• 2011

  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

• 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

  Open Access

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

• 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

  Open Access

  • 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

• 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)

• 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

  Open Access

  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Temperature
  • gender
  • Sex Determination Processes
  60 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

• Suburbs: Dangers or Drought Refugia for Freshwater Turtle Populations?

  Roe, J. & Georges, A., 2011, In: The Journal of Wildlife Management. 75, 7, p. 1544-1552 9 p.

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

  • suburban areas
  • refugium
  • refuge habitats
  • suburb
  • turtle
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Transitions Between Sex-Determining Systems in Reptiles and Amphibians

  Sarre, S., Ezaz, T. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 12, p. 391-406 16 p.

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

  • Reptiles
  • Amphibians
  • Temperature
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Chromosome Mapping
  75 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  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

  Open Access

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

• 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

  Open Access

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)
• 2015

  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)

• 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)

• 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

• 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)

• 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.

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

  Open Access

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

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Significant genetic structure despite high vagility revealed through mitochondrial phylogeography of an Australian freshwater turtle (Chelodina longicollis)

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 66, 11, p. 1045-1056 12 p.

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

  • Chelodina
  • phylogeography
  • genetic structure
  • turtle
  • turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial and temporal patterns of harvesting of the Vulnerable pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta in the Kikori region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Oryx. 49, 4, p. 659-668 10 p.

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

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

• The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward

  Koepfli, K-P., Paten, B., Antunes, A., Belov, K., Bustamante, C., Castoe, T., Clawson, H., Crawford, A., Diekhans, M., Distel, D., Durbin, R., Earl, D., Fujita, M., Gamble, T., GEORGES, A., Gemmell, N., Gilbert, T., Marshall Graves, J., Green, R., Hickey, G. & 25 others, Jarvis, E., Johnson, W., Komissarov, A., Korf, I., Kuhn, R., Larkin, D., Lewin, H., Lopez, J., Ma, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Miller, W., Murphy, R., Pevzner, P., Shapiro, B., Steiner, C., Tamazian, G., Venkatesh, B., Wang, J., Wayne, R., Wiley, E., Yang, H., Zhang, G., Haussler, D., Ryder, O. & O’Brien, S., 2015, In: Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 3, 1, p. 57-111 55 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Genome
  • genome
  • Vertebrates
  • vertebrates
  • Gift Giving
  156 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Amplification of microsatellite repeat motifs is associated with the evolutionary differentiation and heterochromatinization of sex chromosomes in Sauropsida

  MATSUBARA, K., GEORGES, A., SARRE, S., Graves, J., Matsuda, Y. & EZAZ, T., 2016, In: Chromosoma. 125, 1, p. 111-123 13 p.

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

  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Chromosomes
  • 2-acetamido-3-O-(3-acetamido-3,6-dideoxy-beta-glucopyranosyl)-2-deoxy-galactopyranose
  • XY female 46
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Anchoring genome sequence to chromosomes of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) enables reconstruction of ancestral squamate macrochromosomes and identifies sequence content of the Z chromosome

  DEAKIN, J., Edwards, M., Patel, H., O'Meally, D., Lian, J., Rachael, S., Ryan, S., LIVERNOIS, A., Azad, B., HOLLELEY, C., Li, Q. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: BMC Genomics. 17, 1, p. 447-461 15 p., 447.

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

  Open Access

  • Chromosomes
  • Genome
  • Lizards
  • Cytogenetics
  • Sex Chromosomes
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia

  Thomson, S. & GEORGES, A., 5 Jan 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4061, 1, p. 18-28 11 p.

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

  • Testudinata
  • Chelidae
  • Northern Territory
  • turtle
  • turtles
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Dispersal and climate warming determine range shift in model reptile populations

  Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., HONE, J. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: Ecological Modelling. 328, p. 34-43 10 p.

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

  Open Access

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  • sex determination
  • reptile
  • warming
  • climate
  • species extinction
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Identification of interleukin genes in Pogona vitticeps using a de novo transcriptome assembly from RNA-seq data

  LIVERNOIS, A., HARDY, K., DOMASCHENZ, R., Papanicolaou, A., GEORGES, A., SARRE, S., RAO, S., EZAZ, T. & DEAKIN, J., 2016, In: Immunogenetics. 68, 9, p. 719-731 13 p.

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

  • Interleukins
  • Lizards
  • RNA
  • Reptiles
  • Cytokines
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Isotopic niche in the eastern long-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae), along a natural-urban gradient in southeastern Australia

  DE OLIVEIRA FERRONATO, B., Marques, T., Lara, N., Martinelli, L., Verdade, L., Camargo, P., Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., Oct 2016, In: Herpetological Journal. 26, 4, p. 297-304 8 p.

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

  • Chelodina
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • turtle
  • turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Movement patterns and activity of the Brazilian snake-necked turtle Hydromedusa maximiliani (Testudines: Chelidae) in southeastern Brazil

  Souza, F., GEORGES, A. & Bertoluci, J., 2016, In: Amphibia Reptilia. 37, 2, p. 215-228 14 p.

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

  • Hydromedusa (Chelidae)
  • Chelidae
  • Testudines
  • snake
  • turtle
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinity tolerances of two Australian freshwater turtles, Chelodina expansa and Emydura macquarii (Testudinata: Chelidae)

  Bower, D. S., Scheltinga, D. M., Clulow, S., Clulow, J., Franklin, C. E. & Georges, A., 2016, In: Conservation Physiology. 4, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., cow042.

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

  Open Access

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  • Salt Tolerance
  • salinity tolerance
  • Turtles
  • Fresh Water
  • turtle
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Sex Reversal in Reptiles: Reproductive Oddity or Powerful Driver of Evolutionary Change?

  HOLLELEY, C., SARRE, S., O'Meally, D. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: Sexual Development. 10, 5-6, p. 279-287 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Reptiles
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Sex Determination Processes
  • Gene-Environment Interaction
  • Vertebrates
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• The behavioural consequences of sex reversal in dragons

  Li, H., HOLLELEY, C., Elphick, M., GEORGES, A. & Shine, R., 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1832, p. 1-7 7 p.

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

  Open Access

  • sex reversal
  • Physiology
  • gender
  • Pogona vitticeps
  • Genes
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Thyroid hormone modulates offspring sex ratio in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination

  Sun, B. J., Li, T., Mu, Y., McGlashan, J., GEORGES, A., Shine, R. & Du, W-G., 26 Oct 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1841, p. 1-8 8 p., 20161206.

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

  • sex determination
  • Turtles
  • sex ratio
  • Sex Ratio
  • turtle
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Urban hazards: spatial ecology and survivorship of a turtle in an expanding suburban environment

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2016, In: Urban Ecosystems. 19, 1, p. 415-428 14 p.

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

  • nature reserve
  • survivorship
  • turtle
  • ecology
  • hazard
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Amphibians on the brink

  Bower, D. S., Lips, K. R., Schwarzkopf, L., Georges, A. & Clulow, S., 4 Aug 2017, In: Science. 357, 6350, p. 454-455 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination

  Deveson, I. W., Holleley, C. E., Blackburn, J., Graves, J. A. M., Mattick, J. S., Waters, P. D. & Georges, A., Jun 2017, In: Science Advances. 3, 6, p. 1-9 9 p., e1700731.

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

  Open Access
  46 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Resolution of the enigmatic phylogenetic relationship of the critically endangered Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina (Pleurodira: Chelidae) using a complete mitochondrial genome

  ZHANG, X., Unmack, P. J., Kuchling, G., Wang, Y. & Georges, A., 1 Oct 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115, p. 58-61 4 p.

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

  • Pseudemydura umbrina
  • Chelidae
  • Wetlands
  • tortoise
  • Turtles
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Resource partitioning among five sympatric species of freshwater turtles from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

  Welsh, M. A., Doody, J. S. & Georges, A., 2017, In: Wildlife Research. 44, 3, p. 219-229 11 p.

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

• Responses of an Australian freshwater turtle to drought-flood cycles along a natural to urban gradient

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2017, In: Austral Ecology. Online, p. 1-14 14 p.

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

• Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

  Whiteley, S. L., Holleley, C. E., Ruscoe, W. A., Castelli, M., Whitehead, D. L., Lei, J., Georges, A. & Weisbecker, V., 4 Dec 2017, In: EvoDevo. 8, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 25.

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

  Open Access

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  • Pogona vitticeps
  • sex determination
  • genitalia
  • Genitalia
  • Sex Determination Processes
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  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

  Open Access

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

  11 Downloads (Pure)