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GGEPL, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Tel: +593-5-2527009; Email: virna@spng.org.ec or s.j.goodman@leeds.ac.uk
 

Galapagos Genetics Epidemiology and Pathology Laboratory Publications


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.


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.


Other recent publications by GGEPL Staff

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.

 

 

 

GGEPL is a partnership between Galápagos National Park; the School of Biology, University of Leeds UK, the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London; and the University of Guayaquil. The funding for this project is provided through the UK government's Darwin Initiative scheme (Grant number 162-12-017).
Updated 21st September 2005 by Simon Goodman
(c) GGEPL 2005