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1. Extant and extinct bilby genomes combined with Indigenous knowledge improve conservation of a unique Australian marsupial

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Hogg, Carolyn J., Edwards, Richard J., Farquharson, Katherine A., Silver, Luke W., Brandies, Parice, Peel, Emma, Escalona, Merly, Jaya, Frederick R., Thavornkanlapachai, Rujiporn, Batley, Kimberley, Bradford, Tessa M., Chang, J. King, Chen, Zhiliang, Deshpande, Nandan, Dziminski, Martin, Ewart, Kyle M., Griffith, Oliver W., Marin Gual, Laia, Moon, Katherine L., Travouillon, Kenny J., Waters, Paul, Whittington, Camilla M., Wilkins, Marc R., Helgen, Kristofer M., Lo, Nathan, Ho, Simon Y. W., Ruiz Herrera, Aurora, Paltridge, Rachel, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A., Renfree, Marilyn, Shapiro, Beth, Ottewell, Kym, and Belov, Katherine

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2024
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2. Author Correction: Extant and extinct bilby genomes combined with Indigenous knowledge improve conservation of a unique Australian marsupial

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Hogg, Carolyn J., Edwards, Richard J., Farquharson, Katherine A., Silver, Luke W., Brandies, Parice, Peel, Emma, Escalona, Merly, Jaya, Frederick R., Thavornkanlapachai, Rujiporn, Batley, Kimberley, Bradford, Tessa M., Chang, J. King, Chen, Zhiliang, Deshpande, Nandan, Dziminski, Martin, Ewart, Kyle M., Griffith, Oliver W., Marin Gual, Laia, Moon, Katherine L., Travouillon, Kenny J., Waters, Paul, Whittington, Camilla M., Wilkins, Marc R., Helgen, Kristofer M., Lo, Nathan, Ho, Simon Y. W., Ruiz Herrera, Aurora, Paltridge, Rachel, Marshall Graves, Jennifer A., Renfree, Marilyn, Shapiro, Beth, Ottewell, Kym, and Belov, Katherine

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2024
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4. Australian lizards are outstanding models for reproductive biology research

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Van Dyke, James U, Thompson, Michael B, Burridge, Christopher P, Castelli, Meghan A, Clulow, Simon, Dissanayake, Duminda SB, Dong, Caroline M, Doody, J Sean, Edwards, Danielle L, Ezaz, Tariq, Friesen, Christopher R, Gardner, Michael G, Georges, Arthur, Higgie, Megan, Hill, Peta L, Holleley, Clare E, Hoops, Daniel, Hoskin, Conrad J, Merry, Deirdre L, Riley, Julia L, Wapstra, Erik, While, Geoffrey M, Whiteley, Sarah L, Whiting, Martin J, Zozaya, Stephen M, and Whittington, Camilla M

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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Zoology, Environmental Sciences, Contraception/Reproduction, Reproductive health and childbirth, social behaviour, mating behaviour, developmental biology, sexual conflict, chemical communication, squamate, reptile, ecology, evolution, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological sciences, Environmental sciences
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Australian lizards are a diverse group distributed across the continent and inhabiting a wide range of environments. Together, they exhibit a remarkable diversity of reproductive morphologies, physiologies, and behaviours that is broadly representative of vertebrates in general. Many reproductive traits exhibited by Australian lizards have evolved independently in multiple lizard lineages, including sociality, complex signalling and mating systems, viviparity, and temperature-dependent sex determination. Australian lizards are thus outstanding model organisms for testing hypotheses about how reproductive traits function and evolve, and they provide an important basis of comparison with other animals that exhibit similar traits. We review how research on Australian lizard reproduction has contributed to answering broader evolutionary and ecological questions that apply to animals in general. We focus on reproductive traits, processes, and strategies that are important areas of current research, including behaviours and signalling involved in courtship; mechanisms involved in mating, egg production, and sperm competition; nesting and gestation; sex determination; and finally, birth in viviparous species. We use our review to identify important questions that emerge from an understanding of this body of research when considered holistically. Finally, we identify additional research questions within each topic that Australian lizards are well suited for reproductive biologists to address.

Published
2020

10. Paternal protein provisioning to embryos during male seahorse pregnancy.

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Skalkos, Zoe M. G., Van Dyke, James U., Dowland, Samson N., and Whittington, Camilla M.

Subjects
SEA horses, EMBRYOS, EMBRYOLOGY, PREGNANCY, PROTEIN transport, FERTILITY clinics
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Syngnathid embryos (seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons) develop on or in the male in a specialised brooding structure (brood pouch). Seahorse brood pouches supply nutrients, including lipids, to developing embryos (patrotrophy). We tested the hypothesis that proteins, vital for gene regulation and tissue growth during embryogenesis, are also transported from father to embryos, using the Australian pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. We used dry masses and total nitrogen content to estimate the total protein content of newly fertilised egg and neonate H. abdominalis. Neonates contained significantly greater protein mass than newly fertilised eggs. This result indicates that paternal protein transport to developing embryos occurs during H. abdominalis pregnancy. This study is the first to show paternal protein transport during pregnancy in seahorses, and furthers our understanding of paternal influence on embryonic development in male pregnant vertebrates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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17. Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

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Johnson, Rebecca N., O’Meally, Denis, Chen, Zhiliang, Etherington, Graham J., Ho, Simon Y. W., Nash, Will J., Grueber, Catherine E., Cheng, Yuanyuan, Whittington, Camilla M., Dennison, Siobhan, Peel, Emma, Haerty, Wilfried, O’Neill, Rachel J., Colgan, Don, Russell, Tonia L., Alquezar-Planas, David E., Attenbrow, Val, Bragg, Jason G., Brandies, Parice A., Chong, Amanda Yoon-Yee, Deakin, Janine E., Di Palma, Federica, Duda, Zachary, Eldridge, Mark D. B., Ewart, Kyle M., Hogg, Carolyn J., Frankham, Greta J., Georges, Arthur, Gillett, Amber K., Govendir, Merran, Greenwood, Alex D., Hayakawa, Takashi, Helgen, Kristofer M., Hobbs, Matthew, Holleley, Clare E., Heider, Thomas N., Jones, Elizabeth A., King, Andrew, Madden, Danielle, Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall, Morris, Katrina M., Neaves, Linda E., Patel, Hardip R., Polkinghorne, Adam, Renfree, Marilyn B., Robin, Charles, Salinas, Ryan, Tsangaras, Kyriakos, Waters, Paul D., Waters, Shafagh A., Wright, Belinda, Wilkins, Marc R., Timms, Peter, and Belov, Katherine

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2018
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33. Australian lizards are outstanding models for reproductive biology research

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Van Dyke, James U, Thompson, Michael B, Burridge, Christopher P, Castelli, Meghan A, Clulow, Simon, Dissanayake, Duminda SB, Dong, Caroline M, Doody, J Sean, Edwards, Danielle L, Ezaz, Tariq, Friesen, Christopher R, Gardner, Michael G, Georges, Arthur, Higgie, Megan, Hill, Peta L, Holleley, Clare E, Hoops, Daniel, Hoskin, Conrad J, Merry, Deirdre L, Riley, Julia L, Wapstra, Erik, While, Geoffrey M, Whiteley, Sarah L, Whiting, Martin J, Zozaya, Stephen M, and Whittington, Camilla M

Subjects
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Contraception/Reproduction, chemical communication, mating behaviour, Reproductive health and childbirth, Biological Sciences, social behaviour, reptile, developmental biology, squamate, sexual conflict, evolution, ecology, Zoology, Environmental Sciences, Uncategorized
Abstract

Australian lizards are a diverse group distributed across the continent and inhabiting a wide range of environments. Together, they exhibit a remarkable diversity of reproductive morphologies, physiologies, and behaviours that is broadly representative of vertebrates in general. Many reproductive traits exhibited by Australian lizards have evolved independently in multiple lizard lineages, including sociality, complex signalling and mating systems, viviparity, and temperature-dependent sex determination. Australian lizards are thus outstanding model organisms for testing hypotheses about how reproductive traits function and evolve, and they provide an important basis of comparison with other animals that exhibit similar traits. We review how research on Australian lizard reproduction has contributed to answering broader evolutionary and ecological questions that apply to animals in general. We focus on reproductive traits, processes, and strategies that are important areas of current research, including behaviours and signalling involved in courtship; mechanisms involved in mating, egg production, and sperm competition; nesting and gestation; sex determination; and finally, birth in viviparous species. We use our review to identify important questions that emerge from an understanding of this body of research when considered holistically. Finally, we identify additional research questions within each topic that Australian lizards are well suited for reproductive biologists to address.

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2021
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34. Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

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Chapple, David G., Roll, Uri, Boehm, Monika, Aguilar, Rocio, Amey, Andrew P., Austin, Chris C., Baling, Marleen, Barley, Anthony J., Bates, Michael F., Bauer, Aaron M., Blackburn, Daniel G., Bowles, Phil, Brown, Rafe M., Chandramouli, S. R., Chirio, Laurent, Cogger, Hal, Colli, Guarino R., Conradie, Werner, Couper, Patrick J., Cowan, Mark A., Craig, Michael D., Das, Indraneil, Datta-Roy, Aniruddha, Dickman, Chris R., Ellis, Ryan J., Fenner, Aaron L., Ford, Stewart, Ganesh, S. R., Gardner, Michael G., Geissler, Peter, Gillespie, Graeme R., Glaw, Frank, Greenlees, Matthew J., Griffith, Oliver W., Grismer, L. Lee, Haines, Margaret L., Harris, D. James, Hedges, S. Blair, Hitchmough, Rod A., Hoskin, Conrad J., Hutchinson, Mark N., Ineich, Ivan, Janssen, Jordi, Johnston, Gregory R., Karin, Benjamin R., Keogh, J. Scott, Kraus, Fred, LeBreton, Matthew, Lymberakis, Petros, Masroor, Rafaqat, McDonald, Peter J., Mecke, Sven, Melville, Jane, Melzer, Sabine, Michael, Damian R., Miralles, Aurelien, Mitchell, Nicola J., Nelson, Nicola J., Nguyen, Truong Q., Nogueira, Cristiano de Campos, Ota, Hidetoshi, Pafilis, Panayiotis, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Perera, Ana, Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Reed, Robert N., Ribeiro-Junior, Marco A., Riley, Julia L., Rocha, Sara, Rutherford, Pamela L., Sadlier, Ross A., Shacham, Boaz, Shea, Glenn M., Shine, Richard, Slavenko, Alex, Stow, Adam, Sumner, Joanna, Tallowin, Oliver J. S., Teale, Roy, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Trape, Jean-Francois, Uetz, Peter, Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B., Valentine, Leonie, Dyke, James U. Van, van Winkel, Dylan, Vasconcelos, Raquel, Vences, Miguel, Wagner, Philipp, Wapstra, Erik, While, Geoffrey M., Whiting, Martin J., Whittington, Camilla M., Wilson, Steve, Ziegler, Thomas, Tingley, Reid, Meiri, Shai, Chapple, David G., Roll, Uri, Boehm, Monika, Aguilar, Rocio, Amey, Andrew P., Austin, Chris C., Baling, Marleen, Barley, Anthony J., Bates, Michael F., Bauer, Aaron M., Blackburn, Daniel G., Bowles, Phil, Brown, Rafe M., Chandramouli, S. R., Chirio, Laurent, Cogger, Hal, Colli, Guarino R., Conradie, Werner, Couper, Patrick J., Cowan, Mark A., Craig, Michael D., Das, Indraneil, Datta-Roy, Aniruddha, Dickman, Chris R., Ellis, Ryan J., Fenner, Aaron L., Ford, Stewart, Ganesh, S. R., Gardner, Michael G., Geissler, Peter, Gillespie, Graeme R., Glaw, Frank, Greenlees, Matthew J., Griffith, Oliver W., Grismer, L. Lee, Haines, Margaret L., Harris, D. James, Hedges, S. Blair, Hitchmough, Rod A., Hoskin, Conrad J., Hutchinson, Mark N., Ineich, Ivan, Janssen, Jordi, Johnston, Gregory R., Karin, Benjamin R., Keogh, J. Scott, Kraus, Fred, LeBreton, Matthew, Lymberakis, Petros, Masroor, Rafaqat, McDonald, Peter J., Mecke, Sven, Melville, Jane, Melzer, Sabine, Michael, Damian R., Miralles, Aurelien, Mitchell, Nicola J., Nelson, Nicola J., Nguyen, Truong Q., Nogueira, Cristiano de Campos, Ota, Hidetoshi, Pafilis, Panayiotis, Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Perera, Ana, Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Reed, Robert N., Ribeiro-Junior, Marco A., Riley, Julia L., Rocha, Sara, Rutherford, Pamela L., Sadlier, Ross A., Shacham, Boaz, Shea, Glenn M., Shine, Richard, Slavenko, Alex, Stow, Adam, Sumner, Joanna, Tallowin, Oliver J. S., Teale, Roy, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Trape, Jean-Francois, Uetz, Peter, Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B., Valentine, Leonie, Dyke, James U. Van, van Winkel, Dylan, Vasconcelos, Raquel, Vences, Miguel, Wagner, Philipp, Wapstra, Erik, While, Geoffrey M., Whiting, Martin J., Whittington, Camilla M., Wilson, Steve, Ziegler, Thomas, Tingley, Reid, and Meiri, Shai

Abstract

Our knowledge of the conservation status of reptiles, the most diverse class of terrestrial vertebrates, has improved dramatically over the past decade, but still lags behind that of the other tetrapod groups. Here, we conduct the first comprehensive evaluation (similar to 92% of the world's similar to 1714 described species) of the conservation status of skinks (Scincidae), a speciose reptile family with a worldwide distribution. Using International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria, we report that similar to 20% of species are threatened with extinction, and nine species are Extinct or Extinct in the Wild. The highest levels of threat are evident in Madagascar and the Neotropics, and in the subfamilies Mabuyinae, Eugongylinae and Scincinae. The vast majority of threatened skink species were listed based primarily on their small geographic ranges (Criterion B, 83%; Criterion D2, 13%). Although the population trend of 42% of species was stable, 14% have declining populations. The key threats to skinks are habitat loss due to agriculture, invasive species, and biological resource use (e.g., hunting, timber harvesting). The distributions of 61% of species do not overlap with protected areas. Despite our improved knowledge of the conservation status of the world's skinks, 8% of species remain to be assessed, and 14% are listed as Data Deficient. The conservation status of almost a quarter of the world's skink species thus remains unknown. We use our updated knowledge of the conservation status of the group to develop and outline the priorities for the conservation assessment and management of the world's skink species.

Published
2021

38. Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

Author

Chapple, David G., primary, Roll, Uri, additional, Böhm, Monika, additional, Aguilar, Rocío, additional, Amey, Andrew P., additional, Austin, Chris C., additional, Baling, Marleen, additional, Barley, Anthony J., additional, Bates, Michael F., additional, Bauer, Aaron M., additional, Blackburn, Daniel G., additional, Bowles, Phil, additional, Brown, Rafe M., additional, Chandramouli, S.R., additional, Chirio, Laurent, additional, Cogger, Hal, additional, Colli, Guarino R., additional, Conradie, Werner, additional, Couper, Patrick J., additional, Cowan, Mark A., additional, Craig, Michael D., additional, Das, Indraneil, additional, Datta-Roy, Aniruddha, additional, Dickman, Chris R., additional, Ellis, Ryan J., additional, Fenner, Aaron L., additional, Ford, Stewart, additional, Ganesh, S.R., additional, Gardner, Michael G., additional, Geissler, Peter, additional, Gillespie, Graeme R., additional, Glaw, Frank, additional, Greenlees, Matthew J., additional, Griffith, Oliver W., additional, Grismer, L. Lee, additional, Haines, Margaret L., additional, Harris, D. James, additional, Hedges, S. Blair, additional, Hitchmough, Rod A., additional, Hoskin, Conrad J., additional, Hutchinson, Mark N., additional, Ineich, Ivan, additional, Janssen, Jordi, additional, Johnston, Gregory R., additional, Karin, Benjamin R., additional, Keogh, J. Scott, additional, Kraus, Fred, additional, LeBreton, Matthew, additional, Lymberakis, Petros, additional, Masroor, Rafaqat, additional, McDonald, Peter J., additional, Mecke, Sven, additional, Melville, Jane, additional, Melzer, Sabine, additional, Michael, Damian R., additional, Miralles, Aurélien, additional, Mitchell, Nicola J., additional, Nelson, Nicola J., additional, Nguyen, Truong Q., additional, de Campos Nogueira, Cristiano, additional, Ota, Hidetoshi, additional, Pafilis, Panayiotis, additional, Pauwels, Olivier S.G., additional, Perera, Ana, additional, Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, additional, Reed, Robert N., additional, Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A., additional, Riley, Julia L., additional, Rocha, Sara, additional, Rutherford, Pamela L., additional, Sadlier, Ross A., additional, Shacham, Boaz, additional, Shea, Glenn M., additional, Shine, Richard, additional, Slavenko, Alex, additional, Stow, Adam, additional, Sumner, Joanna, additional, Tallowin, Oliver J.S., additional, Teale, Roy, additional, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, additional, Trape, Jean-Francois, additional, Uetz, Peter, additional, Ukuwela, Kanishka D.B., additional, Valentine, Leonie, additional, Van Dyke, James U., additional, van Winkel, Dylan, additional, Vasconcelos, Raquel, additional, Vences, Miguel, additional, Wagner, Philipp, additional, Wapstra, Erik, additional, While, Geoffrey M., additional, Whiting, Martin J., additional, Whittington, Camilla M., additional, Wilson, Steve, additional, Ziegler, Thomas, additional, Tingley, Reid, additional, and Meiri, Shai, additional

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2021
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39. The evolution and physiology of male pregnancy in syngnathid fishes

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Whittington, Camilla M, Friesen, Christopher R, Whittington, Camilla M, and Friesen, Christopher R

Abstract

© 2020 Cambridge Philosophical Society The seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons (Syngnathidae) are among the few vertebrates in which pregnant males incubate developing embryos. Syngnathids are popular in studies of sexual selection, sex-role reversal, and reproductive trade-offs, and are now emerging as valuable comparative models for the study of the biology and evolution of reproductive complexity. These fish offer the opportunity to examine the physiology, behavioural implications, and evolutionary origins of embryo incubation, independent of the female reproductive tract and female hormonal milieu. Such studies allow us to examine flexibility in regulatory systems, by determining whether the pathways underpinning female pregnancy are also co-opted in incubating males, or whether novel pathways have evolved in response to the common challenges imposed by incubating developing embryos and releasing live young. The Syngnathidae are also ideal for studies of the evolution of reproductive complexity, because they exhibit multiple parallel origins of complex reproductive phenotypes. Here we assay the taxonomic distribution of syngnathid parity mode, examine the selective pressures that may have led to the emergence of male pregnancy, describe the biology of syngnathid reproduction, and highlight pressing areas for future research. Experimental tests of a range of hypotheses, including many generated with genomic tools, are required to inform overarching theories about the fitness implications of pregnancy and the evolution of male pregnancy. Such information will be widely applicable to our understanding of fundamental reproductive and evolutionary processes in animals.

Published
2020

50. IFPA meeting 2018 workshop report I:Reproduction and placentation among ocean-living species; placental imaging; epigenetics and extracellular vesicles in pregnancy

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Acharya, Ganesh, Bartolomei, Marisa, Carter, Anthony M., Chamley, Larry, Cotton, Charles F., Hasegawa, Junichi, Hasegawa, Yuri, Hayakawa, Satoshi, Kawaguchi, Mari, Konwar, Chaini, Magawa, Shoichi, Miura, Kiyonori, Nishi, Hirotaka, Salomon, Carlos, Sato, Keiichi, Soejima, Hidenobu, Soma, Hiroaki, Sørensen, Anne, Takahashi, Hironori, Tomita, Taketeru, Whittington, Camilla M., Yuan, Victor, and O'Tierney-Ginn, Perrie

Subjects
Viviparity, Placenta, Epigenetics, Exosomes, Imaging
Abstract

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting as they allow for discussion of specialized topics. At IFPA meeting 2018 there were nine themed workshops, four of which are summarized in this report. These workshops discussed new knowledge and technological innovations in the following areas of research: 1) viviparity in ocean-living species; 2) placental imaging; 3) epigenetics; and 4) extracellular vesicles in pregnancy.

Published
2019

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