Journal articles

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  4.  Schraven, A.L., McLennan, E.A., Farquharson, K.A., Lee, A.V., Belov, K., Fox, S., Grueber, C.E. and Hogg, C.J. (2025), Temporal Changes in Tasmanian Devil Genetic Diversity at Sites With and Without Supplementation. Mol Ecol e17671. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17671
  5. Shaw, R.E., Farquharson, K.A., Bruford, M.W. et al. Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss. Nature 638, 704–710 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08458-x
  6.  Petrohilos, C., Peel, E., Silver, L.W. et al. AMPed up immunity: 418 whole genomes reveal intraspecific diversity of koala antimicrobial peptides. Immunogenetics 77, 11 (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s00251-024-01368-2
  7. Nelson, H.V., Georges, A., Farquharson, K.A., McLennan, E.A., DeGabriel, J.L., Belov, K. and Hogg, C.J. (2025), A Genomic-Based Workflow for eDNA Assay Development for a Critically Endangered Turtle, Myuchelys georgesi. Ecol Evol, 15: e70798. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70798
  8. Silver, L. W., Edwards, R. J., Neaves, L., Manning, A. D., Hogg, C. J., & Banks, S. (2025). A reference genome for the eastern bettong ( Bettongia gaimardi). F1000Research, 13, 1544. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.157851.1
  1. M.W. Jayamanna Mohottige, A. Juhász, M.G. Nye-Wood, K.A. Farquharson, U. Bose, M.L. Colgrave. 2024. Beyond nutrition: Exploring immune proteins, bioactive peptides, and allergens in cow and Arabian camel milk. Food Chemistry, 467. 142471, 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142471.
  2. Cui J, Batley KC, Silver LW, McLennan EA, Hogg CJ, Belov K. Spatial variation in toll-like receptor diversity in koala populations across their geographic distribution. Immunogenetics. 2024 Nov 30;77(1):5. doi: 10.1007/s00251-024-01365-5
  3. Elspeth A., Toby G. L. Kovacs, Luke W. Silver, Zhiliang Chen, Frederick R. Jaya, Simon Y. W. Ho, Katherine Belov, and Carolyn J. Hogg. 2025. “ Genomics Identifies Koala Populations at Risk across Eastern Australia.” Ecological Applications 35(1): e3062. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3062
  4. Crates, R., (2024). Genomic insights into the critically endangered King Island scrubtit. Journal of Heredity, p.esae029. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esae029
  5. Jayamanna Mohottige MW, Gardner CE, Nye-Wood MG, Farquharson KA, Juhász A, Belov K, Hogg CJ, Peel E, Colgrave ML. Bioactive components in the marsupial pouch and milk. Nutr Res Rev. 2024 Nov 18:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0954422424000313.
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  7. Silver LW, McLennan EA, Beaman J, da Silva KB, Timms P, Hogg CJ, Belov K. Using bioinformatics to investigate functional diversity: a case study of MHC diversity in koalas. Immunogenetics. 2024 Dec;76(5-6):381-395. doi: 10.1007/s00251-024-01356-6
  8. Shaw, R.E., Brockett, B., Pierson, J.C. et al. Building meaningful collaboration in conservation genetics and genomics. Conserv Genet 25, 1127–1145 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01636-4
  9. Nelson, H. V., Farquharson, K. A., Georges, A., McLennan, E. A., DeGabriel, J. L., Giese, M., Ormond, C., McFadden, M., Skidmore, A., Prangell, J., Belov, K., & Hogg, C. J. (2024). A genomic framework to assist conservation breeding and translocation success: A case study of a critically endangered turtle. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(10), e13204. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13204
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  11. Hogg, C.J., Edwards, R.J., Farquharson, K.A. et al. Extant and extinct bilby genomes combined with Indigenous knowledge improve conservation of a unique Australian marsupial. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 1311–1326 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02436-2
  12. Hogg, C.J., Farquharson, K.A., Brandies, P., Silver, L.W., Ottewell, K., McLennan, E.A., Richmond, S. and Belov, K. (2025), The future is here: an easy-to-use toolkit for integrating genetics into conservation management. Anim Conserv, 28: 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12971
  13. Luke W Silver, Carolyn J Hogg, Katherine Belov, Plethora of New Marsupial Genomes Informs Our Knowledge of Marsupial MHC Class II, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2024, evae156, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae156
  14. Ockert, L.E., McLennan, E.A., Fox, S. et al. Characterising the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) pouch microbiome in lactating and non-lactating females. Sci Rep 14, 15188 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66097-8
  15. Crates, R., von Takach, B., Young, C.M., Stojanovic, D., Neaves, L., Murphy, L., Gautschi, D., Hogg, C.J., Heinsohn, R., Bell, P. and Farquharson, K.A., 2024. Genomic insights into the critically endangered King Island scrubtit. Journal of Heredity, p.esae029. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esae029
  16. Peel, E., Hogg, C. and Belov, K., (2024). Characterisation of defensins across the marsupial family tree. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, p.105207. DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2024.105207
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  20. Tang, S., Peel, E., Belov, K., Hogg, C.J. and Farquharson, K.A., (2024). Multi-omics resources for the Australian southern stuttering frog (Mixophyes australis) reveal assorted antimicrobial peptides. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.3991. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54522-x
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  22. Silver LW, Stojanovic D, Farquharson KA et al. A reference genome, mitochondrial genome and associated transcriptomes for the critically endangered swift parrot (Lathamus discolor). F1000Research 2024, 13:251 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.144352.2)
  23. Toby G L Kovacs, James Walker, Simon Hellemans, Thomas Bourguignon, Nikolai J Tatarnic, Jane M McRae, Simon Y W Ho, Nathan Lo, Dating in the Dark: Elevated Substitution Rates in Cave Cockroaches (Blattodea: Nocticolidae) Have Negative Impacts on Molecular Date Estimates, Systematic Biology, Volume 73, Issue 3, May 2024, Pages 532–545, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae002
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