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Environmental DNA from soil reveals the presence of a “lost” Afrotherian species

Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling has attracted worldwide attention over the past few years as an emerging approach to characterising and monitoring biodiversity, and has become particularly important for spec...

Samantha Mynhardt, Esther Matthew, Jean Pierre le Roux… in Biodiversity and Conservation (2024)

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Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari

Non-random associations within and among groups of social animals can provide valuable insight into the function of group living and the evolution of social behaviour. Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) de...

Samantha Mynhardt, Lorraine Harris-Barnes, Paulette Bloomer… in BMC Ecology and Evolution (2021)

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High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes

Genomes retain records of demographic changes and evolutionary forces that shape species and populations. Remnant populations of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa, with varied histories, provide a...

Deon de Jager, Brigitte Glanzmann, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal… in Scientific Reports (2021)

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‘Intentional Genetic Manipulation’ as a conservation threat

Wildlife ranching including the hunting, collection, sales and husbandry of wild animals in captivity, is practised worldwide and is advocated as an approach towards the conservation of wild species. While man...

Isa-Rita M. Russo, Sean Hoban, Paulette Bloomer… in Conservation Genetics Resources (2019)

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Erratum to: The genetic legacy of lower sea levels: does the confluence of rivers during the last glacial maximum explain the contemporary distribution of a primary freshwater fish (Pseudobarbus burchelli, Cyprinidae) across isolated river systems?

Ernst R. Swartz, Albert Chakona, Paul H. Skelton, Paulette Bloomer in Hydrobiologia (2014)

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Ancestral polymorphism at the major histocompatibility complex (MHCIIβ) in the Nesospiza bunting species complex and its sister species (Rowettia goughensis)

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an important component of the vertebrate immune system and is frequently used to characterise adaptive variation in wild populations due to its co-evolution with p...

Alexandra Jansen van Rensburg, Paulette Bloomer, Peter G Ryan… in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2012)

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Bioregion heterogeneity correlates with extensive mitochondrial DNA diversity in the Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis(Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa - evidence for a species complex

Intraspecific variation within the diverse southern African murine rodents has not been extensively investigated, yet cryptic diversity is evident in several taxa studied to date. The Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelam...

Isa-Rita M Russo, Christian T Chimimba, Paulette Bloomer in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2010)

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A phylogenetic estimate for golden moles (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Chrysochloridae)

Golden moles (Chrysochloridae) are small, subterranean, afrotherian mammals from South Africa and neighboring regions. Of the 21 species now recognized, some (e.g., Chrysochloris asiatica, Amblysomus hottentotus)...

Robert J Asher, Sarita Maree, Gary Bronner, Nigel C Bennett… in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2010)