Browsing Research Articles (Veterinary Genetics Laboratory) by Type "Article"

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  • Comparative genetics of sarcoid tumour-affected and non-affected mountain zebra (Equus zebra) populations 
    Sasidharan, Sooryakanth P.; Ludwig, Anette; Harper, Cindy Kim; Moodley, Yoshan; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Guthrie, Alan John; Somers, Michael J. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)
    In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of sarcoid tumour-like growths in Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) populations. In domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), a genetic ...
  • Fenced and fragmented : conservation value of managed metapopulations 
    Miller, Susan M.; Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette; Hofmeyr, Jennifer; Funston, Paul J. (Public Library of Science, 2015-12-23)
    Population fragmentation is threatening biodiversity worldwide. Species that once roamed vast areas are increasingly being conserved in small, isolated areas. Modern management approaches must adapt to ensure the continued ...
  • Genetic diversity, relatedness and inbreeding of ranched and fragmented Cape buffalo populations in southern Africa 
    De Jager, G.J. (Deon); Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette (Public Library of Science, 2020-08-14)
    Wildlife ranching, although not considered a conventional conservation system, provides a sustainable model for wildlife utilization and could be a source of valuable genetic material. However, increased fragmentation ...
  • High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes 
    De Jager, Deon; Glanzmann, Brigitte; Möller, Marlo; Hoal, Eileen; Van Helden, Paul; Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette (Nature Research, 2021)
    Genomes retain records of demographic changes and evolutionary forces that shape species and populations. Remnant populations of African bufalo (Syncerus cafer) in South Africa, with varied histories, provide an opportunity ...
  • The occurrence of dermatosparaxis in a commercial Drakensberger cattle herd in South Africa 
    Holm, Dietmar Erik; Van Wilpe, Erna; Harper, Cindy Kim; Duncan, N.M. (Neil) (South African Veterinary Association, 2008-03)
    Dermatosparaxis is a heritable collagen dysplasia causing skin extensibility and fragility. In Belgian Blue cattle this mutation has been described as a 3 base pair (bp) change followed by a 17 bp deletion in the gene ...
  • Poaching forensics : animal victims in the courtroom 
    Harper, Cindy Kim (Annual Reviews, 2023)
    Poaching and the international trade in wildlife are escalating problems driven by poverty and greed and coordinated by increasingly sophisticated criminal networks. Biodiversity loss, caused by habitat change, is ...
  • Polygamous farmed Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) : foetal membranes tell the story 
    Nothling, Johan Oliviette; Nothling, Johan Antowan; Myburgh, Jan G.; Harper, Cindy Kim (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-11-06)
    Multiple paternity in crocodilian broods would increase effective population size and slow down the loss of genetic variation due to inbreeding and random genetic drift in real populations. Multiple paternity may also ...
  • Robust forensic matching of confiscated horns to individual poached African rhinoceros 
    Harper, Cindy Kim; Ludwig, Anette; Clarke, Amy B.; Makgopela, Kagiso; Yurchenko, Andrey; Guthrie, Alan John; Dobrynin, Pavel; Tamazian, Gaik; Emslie, Richard; Van Heerden, Marile; Hofmeyr, Markus; Potter, Roderick; Roets, Johannes; Beytell, Piet; Otiende, Moses; Kariuki, Linus; Du Toit, Raoul; Anderson, Natasha; Okori, Joseph; Antonik, Alexey; Koepfli, Klaus-Peter; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); O’Brien, Stephen J. (Elsevier (Cell Press), 2018)
    Black and white rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis and Ceratotherium simum) are iconic African species that are classified by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered and ...
  • The selection of a standard STR panel for DNA profiling of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Kenya 
    Kinuthia, Julius; Harper, Cindy Kim; Muya, Shadrack; Kimwele, Charles; Alakonya, Amos; Muigai, Anne; Gakuya, Francis; Mwaniki, Mercy; Gatebe, Erastus (SpringerOpen Journal, 2015-06)
    The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) population in Kenya is declining at an alarming rate due to habitat destruction, human-elephant conflicts and the current escalation of poaching for ivory. This study established a ...
  • The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes 
    Cho, Yun Sung; Hu, Li; Hou, Haolong; Lee, Hang; Xu, Jiaohui; Kwon, Soowhan; Oh, Sukhun; Kim, Hak-Min; Jho, Sungwoong; Kim, Sangsoo; Shin, Young-Ah; Kim, Byung Chul; Kim, Hyunmin; Kim, Chang-uk; Luo, Shu-Jin; Johnson, Warren E.; Koepfli, Klaus-Peter; Schmidt-Küntzel, Anne; Turner, Jason A.; Marker, Laurie; Harper, Cindy Kim; Miller, Susan M.; Jacobs, Wilhelm; Bertola, Laura D.; Kim, Tae Hyung; Lee, Sunghoon; Zhou, Qian; Jung, Hyun-Ju; Xu, Xiao; Gadhvi, Priyvrat; Xu, Pengwei; Xiong, Yingqi; Luo, Yadan; Pan, Shengkai; Gou, Caiyun; Chu, Xiuhui; Zhang, Jilin; Liu, Sanyang; He, Jing; Chen, Ying; Yang, Linfeng; Yang, Yulan; He, Jiaju; Liu, Sha; Wang, Junyi; Kim, Chul Hong; Kwak, Hwanjong; Kim, Jong-Soo; Hwang, Seungwoo; Ko, Junsu; Kim, Chang-Bae; Kim, Sangtae; Bayarlkhagva, Damdin; Paek, Woon Kee; Kim, Seong-Jin; O’Brien, Stephen J.; Wang, Jun; Bhak, Jong (Nature Publishing Group, 2013-09)
    Tigers and their close relatives (Panthera) are some of the world’s most endangered species. Here we report the de novo assembly of an Amur tiger whole-genome sequence as well as the genomic sequences of a white Bengal ...