The Australian Amphibian and Reptile Genomics initiative is a nationally inclusive and collaborative project co-led by Prof Craig Moritz (ANU) and Prof Arthur Georges (University of Canberra) and driven by the research community through partnership of universities, museums, government agencies and NGOs. The initiative will facilitate research using genomics approaches towards a more thorough understanding of evolution and conservation of Australia’s unique native Amphibians and Reptiles that are now under threat, through climate, disease or habitat modification. Bioplatforms Australia has funded this initiative which will operate under the governance of representatives from Australian museums, universities and government agencies.

Publications

Chang J.K., Alreja, K., Hanrahan, B.J., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Reis, A.L.M., Lister, N.C., Bertozzi, T., Griffith, O.W., Whittington, C.M., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2024. Skink sex chromosomes 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Chang, J.K., Alreja, K., Hanrahan, B.J., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Reis, A.L.M., Lister, N.C., Bertozzi, T., Griffith, O.W., Wittington, C.M., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2024. Identifying and Exploring Sex Chromosomes in Australian Skinks: Comparative Analysis and Synteny Mapping. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Georges, A., Alreja, K., Chang, J.K., Edwards, R.J., Bertozzi, T., Hammond, J.H., Deveson, I.W., Waters, P. and Patel, H. 2024. The AusARG Genomics Initiative 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Hanrahan, B.J., Alreja, K., Reis, A.L.M., Chang, J.K., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Edwards, R.J., Bertozzi, T., Hammond, J.H., O'Meally, D., Deveson, I.W., Georges, A., Waters, P. and Patel, H. 2024. A genome assembly and annotation for the Australian alpine skink Bassiana duperreyi with emphasis on the sex chromosomes. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Hanrahan, B.J., Chang J.K., Milton, A., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Reis, A.L.M., Lister, N.C., Patel, H.R., Deveson, I.W., Graves, J.A.M., Georges, A. and Waters, P.D. 2024. 2024. Sex chromosome dosage compensation in a skink with sex reversal. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Powell, D., Jackson, N, Kaur, P., Dudchenko, O., Aiden, E.L., Georges, A. and Frère, C.H. 2024. Genome of the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), an agamid model for urban adaptation. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Xiong, L., Whiteley, S.L., Zhang, X., Schwanz, L. and Georges, A. 2024. Gonadal transcriptome sequencing reveals the temperature response of gene expression at the chromosomal level in Mauremys reevesii. 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Zhang, X., Wagner, S., Zhong, C., Chen, C., Wang, M-B., Dissanayake, D.S.B., Holleley, C.E. and Georges, A. 2024. Short Direct Repeats-mediated splicing of the candidate master sex determining gene nr5a1 in the dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps 71st Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Macquarie University, Sydney. June 30-July 3, 2024.

Georges, A., Dissanayake, D.S.B. and Spencer, R.J. 2022. Evaluation of the use of buccal swabs as an alternative to blood sampling or skin sampling in freshwater turtles for analysis using DArTSeq. Report to the Australian Reptile Park, Somersby by Biomatix Pty Ltd. 28-Dec-2022 [pdf]

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