Journal articles

Tasmanian Devil

  1. Petrohilos, C., Peel, E., Silver, L. W., O’Neill, R. J., Grady, P. G. S., Hogg, C. J., & Belov, K. (2026). When cells rebel: a comparative genomics investigation into marsupial cancer susceptibility. Molecular biology and evolution, 43(2), msag010. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag010
  2. Jayamanna Mohottige, M. W., Peel, E., Juhász, A., Nye-Wood, M. G., Belov, K., Colgrave, M. L., & Hogg, C. J. (2026). Characterisation of pouch secretions from breeding Tasmanian devils. Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 171(3), xaag024. https://doi.org/10.1093/reprod/xaag024
  3. Jayamanna Mohottige, M. W., Juhász, A., Peel, E., Nye-Wood, M. G., Farquharson, K. A., Khedr, T., Belov, K., Hogg, C. J., & Colgrave, M. L. (2026). Lactation-stage specific protein shifts in koala milk mirror the joey’s growth needs. International journal of biological macromolecules, 358, 151640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.151640
  4. Toby G L Kovacs, Nicole M Foley, Luke W Silver, Elspeth A McLennan, William J Murphy, Carolyn J Hogg, Simon Y W Ho (2026). Mutation rate estimate and population genomic analysis reveals decline of koalas prior to human arrival, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 43 (6). https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag108
  5. Ahrens, C. W., Miller, A. D., Silver, L. W., McLennan, E. A., Hogg, C. J., & Weeks, A. R. (2026). Escaping bottlenecks: The demographic path to genetic recovery in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Science (New York, N.Y.), 391(6789), 1010–1014. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz1430
  6. Zander KK, Sunnucks P, Hogg C, Garnett S (2026). Testing social acceptance of genetic management in threatened bird conservation: the role of information and framing. Bird Conservation International, 36, e32, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095927092610060

  1. Beaman, J.E., Gates, K., Saltré, F., Hogg, C.J., Belov, K., Ashman, K., da Silva, K.B., Beheregaray, L.B. and Bradshaw, C.J.A. (2025), A Guide for Developing Demo-Genetic Models to Simulate Genetic Rescue. Evol Appl, 18: e70092. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70092
  2. Petrohilos, C., Peel, E., Batley, K.C., Fox, S., Hogg, C.J. and Belov, K. (2025), No Evidence for Distinct Transcriptomic Subgroups of Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD). Evol Appl, 18: e70091. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70091
  3. Molloy, M.M., McLennan, E.A., Fox, S., Belov, K. and Hogg, C.J. (2025), Range-Wide Assessment of the Tasmanian Devil Gut Microbiome. Ecol Evol, 15: e71196. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71196
  4. Nelson, H.V., Silver, L., Kovacs, T.G.L. et al. Genome-wide diversity and MHC characterisation in a critically endangered freshwater turtle susceptible to disease. Immunogenetics 77, 21 (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s00251-025-01378-8
  5. Peel Emma , Gonsalvez Adele , Hogg Carolyn J. , Belov Katherine. 2025. Marsupial cathelicidins: characterization, antimicrobial activity and evolution in this unique mammalian lineage. Frontiers in Immunology, 16 – 2025, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1524092
  6. Silver, L.W., Farquharson, K.A., Peel, E., Gilbert, M.T.P., Belov, K., Morales, H.E. and Hogg, C.J. (2025), Temporal Loss of Genome-Wide and Immunogenetic Diversity in a Near-Extinct Parrot. Mol Ecol e17746. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17746
  7. McLennan, E. A., Grueber, C. E., Belov, K., & Hogg, C. J. (2025). The current status of genetic monitoring in conservation introductions. Conservation Science and Practice, e70036. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.70036
  8.  McLennan, E.A., Wilmott, L., Madden, K. et al. Low genetic diversity and high inbreeding in one of the last chlamydia-free strongholds for New South Wales koalas. Conserv Genet (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s10592-025-01682-6
  9.  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
  10. 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
  11.  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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Schraven, A. L., Farquharson, K. A., Batley, K. C., Fox, S., Lee, A. V., Belov, K., Silver, L. W., & Hogg, C. J. (2025). Boost or Bust? The Impact of Supplementation on Functional Genetic Diversity and Selective Processes in Tasmanian Devils. Molecular ecology, 34(24), e70188. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70188
  15. Müller-Klein, N., Risely, A., Wilhelm, K. et al. (2025). Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex. Nat Ecol Evol 9, 2161–2172. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02837-x
  16. Marín-Gual L, Hogg CJ, Chang JK, Pask AJ, Renfree MB, Waters PD and Ruiz-Herrera A (2025) Meiotic dynamics in a unique Australian marsupial provide new insights into the evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in the early stages of differentiation. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 13:1562403. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1562403
  17. M. W. Jayamanna Mohottige, A. Juhász, M. G. Nye-Wood, K. A. Farquharson, U. Bose and M. L. Colgrave (2025). Comparison of sodium deoxycholate and sodium dodecyl sulphate in milk fat globular membrane protein recovery. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 2025 Vol. 144. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2025.107644
  18. Jayamanna Mohottige, M. W., Juhász, A., Nye-Wood, M. G., Farquharson, K. A., Bose, U., & Colgrave, M. L. (2025). Beyond nutrition: Exploring immune proteins, bioactive peptides, and allergens in cow and Arabian camel milk. Food chemistry, 467, 142471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142471
  19. Hogg, C. J., McLennan, E. A., Farquharson, K. A., & Belov, K. (2026). From Discovery to Preservation: The Changing Face of Tasmanian Devil Research. Annual review of animal biosciences, 14(1), 375–397. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-030424-070903
  20. Gonsalvez, A., Peel, E., Hogg, C. J., & Belov, K. (2025). Insights into platypus crural gland transcriptomics – venom and beyond. BMC genomics, 26(1), 1105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-12299-x
  21. Gates, K., Sandoval-Castillo, J., Beaman, J. E., da Silva, K. B., Saltré, F., Belov, K., Hogg, C. J., Bradshaw, C. J. A., & Beheregaray, L. B. (2025). Conservation Arks: Genomic Erosion and Inbreeding in an Abundant Island Population of Koalas. Molecular ecology, 34(20), e70097. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70097
  22. Gamaarachchi, H., Stevanovski, I., Hammond, J.M. et al. (2025) Targeted sequencing and iterative assembly of near-complete genomes. Nat Commun 16, 10406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65410-x
  23. Campbell, M. A., Silver, L. W., Balachandran, N., Pathirana, E., Jeffrey, C., Lal, M., O’Connor, W. A., Hogg, C. J., & Becker, J. A. (2025). A long-read-based de novo assembly of Magallana bilineata for improved tropical oyster aquaculture. G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 15(12), jkaf242. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf242

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  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. McLennan 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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  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
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