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Papers and scientific outputs from GGEPL
GGEPL opened in August 2004, here are
some initial publications from our first year involving project staff and
collaborators.
Whiteman NK, SJ Goodman, BJ Sinclair, T Walsh, AA
Cunningham, LD Kramer, and PG Parker (2005). Establishment of the avian
disease vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say 1823 (Diptera: Culicidae) on the
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. IBIS, doi:
10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00468.x.
Thiel T, NK Whiteman, A Tirape, MI Baquero, V Cedeno, T
Walsh, G Jimenez-Uzcategui, and PG Parker (2005). Characterization of
canarypox-like viruses infecting Endemic birds in the Galapagos islands.
Journal Of Wildlife Diseases, 41(2), 2005, 342–353.
Galapagos Genetics, Epidemiology and Pathology Laboratory
(2004). Proceedings of the Galapagos West Nile Virus Workshop, Galapagos
National Park Headquarters, Puerto Ayora, 29th April 2004. Published on
line,
English/Spanish.
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Student Projects
Moore, B.
(2005). Assessment of parasitic nematode burdens in Galapagos giant
tortoises (Geochelone nigra). Masters thesis, School of Biology,
University of Leeds, UK.
Tirape, A.
(2003). Implementacion de tecnicas de biologie molecular para el
diagnostico de enfermedads bacterianas y virals que efectan a la fauna
silvestre en Galapagos. Masters thesis, Programa de Biotecnologie,
Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Harding KC, BJ Hansén and SJ Goodman
(2005). Acquired immunity and stochasticity in epidemic intervals impede
the evolution of host disease resistance. American Naturalist (In
press).
Schaschl H, F Suchentrunk, S Hammer, and
SJ Goodman (2005). Recombination and the origin of sequence diversity in
the DRB MHC class II locus in chamois (Rupicapra spp). Immunogenetics, 57:
108-115.
Schaschl H, SJ Goodman, and F
Suchentrunk (2004). Sequence analysis of MHC class II DRB alleles in
Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra). Developmental and Comparative
Immunology, 28: 265-277.
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