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The emergence and spread of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) provides an opportunity to study an epizootic from its inception. DFTD is a transmissible cancer that has caused severe population declines in Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii, hereafter ‘devil’) over the last three decades ( Hawkins et al. 2006 ; McCallum et al. 2007 ).
- Conserving adaptive potential: lessons from Tasmanian devils ...
Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) face the threat of a...
- Conservation implications of limited genetic diversity and ...
Currently, the Tasmanian devil captive insurance population...
- Conserving adaptive potential: lessons from Tasmanian devils ...
Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) face the threat of a transmissible cancer, devil facial tumor disease (DFTD), that has decimated wild populations and led to intensive management efforts. Recent discoveries from genomic and modeling studies reveal how natural devil populations are responding to DFTD, and can inform management of both ...
Currently, the Tasmanian devil captive insurance population has individuals from the western side of the island and the north central coast (Hogg et al. 2015). To preserve all potential pre-bottleneck diversity detected in this study, future management practices may consider including individuals from the admixture zones of the central-west and Central Plateau ( Fig. 2c,f ).
- Sarah Hendricks, Brendan Epstein, Barbara Schönfeld, Cody Wiench, Rodrigo Hamede, Menna Jones, Andre...
- 10.1007/s10592-017-0939-5
- 2017
- 2017/08
Mar 10, 2010 · The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the largest carnivorous marsupial, is threatened with extinction as a result of an epidemic of an infectious cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFTD ...
- S Lachish, K J Miller, A Storfer, A W Goldizen, M E Jones
- 2011
Nov 1, 2014 · The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is no exception. The species has low diversity at microsatellite , mitochondrial, nuclear and immune-system genes . Combined with the spread of a transmissible cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), concerns have been raised for the species' long-term survival.
- Anna Brüniche-Olsen, Menna E. Jones, Jeremy J. Austin, Christopher P. Burridge, Barbara R. Holland
- 2014
Jan 22, 2021 · Saving the Tasmanian Devil is focused primarily upon the conservation of devils, leaving the comprehensive natural history and evolution of the species to earlier works such as Owen and Pemberton (2005). Each chapter provides enough scientific detail to satisfy most readers but also references peer-reviewed journal articles, reports and other books for those desiring more in-depth analysis.
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Jun 27, 2011 · After the loss of the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, in 1936, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) inherited the title of the world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial. Confined, in the wild, to the island of Tasmania, it too is under threat of extinction because of a naturally occurring infectious transmissible cancer ...
