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Does Size Matter? An Experimental Evaluation of the Relative Abundance and Decay Rates of Aquatic Environmental DNA by Bylemans, Jonas, Furlan, Elise M, Gleeson, Dianne M, Hardy, Christopher M, Duncan, Richard P

“…Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly used to monitor aquatic macrofauna. Typically, short mitochondrial DNA fragments are targeted because these should be…”
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framework for estimating the sensitivity of eDNA surveys by Furlan, Elise M., Gleeson, Dianne, Hardy, Christopher M., Duncan, Richard P.

“…Imperfect sensitivity, or imperfect detection, is a feature of all survey methods that needs to be accounted for when interpreting survey results. Detection of…”
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An environmental DNA‐based method for monitoring spawning activity: a case study, using the endangered Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica) by Bylemans, Jonas, Furlan, Elise M., Hardy, Christopher M., McGuffie, Prudence, Lintermans, Mark, Gleeson, Dianne M., Gilbert, M.

“…Summary Determining the timing and location of reproductive events is critical for efficient management of species. However, methods currently used for aquatic…”
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Toward an ecoregion scale evaluation of eDNA metabarcoding primers: A case study for the freshwater fish biodiversity of the Murray–Darling Basin (Australia) by Bylemans, Jonas, Gleeson, Dianne M., Hardy, Christopher M., Furlan, Elise

“…High‐throughput sequencing of environmental DNA (i.e., eDNA metabarcoding) has become an increasingly popular method for monitoring aquatic biodiversity. At…”
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Metabarcoding of benthic eukaryote communities predicts the ecological condition of estuaries by Chariton, Anthony A., Stephenson, Sarah, Morgan, Matthew J., Steven, Andrew D.L., Colloff, Matthew J., Court, Leon N., Hardy, Christopher M.

“…DNA-derived measurements of biological composition have the potential to produce data covering all of life, and provide a tantalizing proposition for…”
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Detection of the Japanese encephalitis vector mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Australia using molecular diagnostics and morphology by Lessard, Bryan D, Kurucz, Nina, Rodriguez, Juanita, Carter, Jane, Hardy, Christopher M

“…Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus is an important vector of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) affecting feral pigs, native mammals and humans. The mosquito…”
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Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes by Soghigian, John, Sither, Charles, Justi, Silvia Andrade, Morinaga, Gen, Cassel, Brian K., Vitek, Christopher J., Livdahl, Todd, Xia, Siyang, Gloria-Soria, Andrea, Powell, Jeffrey R., Zavortink, Thomas, Hardy, Christopher M., Burkett-Cadena, Nathan D., Reeves, Lawrence E., Wilkerson, Richard C., Dunn, Robert R., Yeates, David K., Sallum, Maria Anice, Byrd, Brian D., Trautwein, Michelle D., Linton, Yvonne-Marie, Reiskind, Michael H., Wiegmann, Brian M.

“…Mosquitoes have profoundly affected human history and continue to threaten human health through the transmission of a diverse array of pathogens. The phylogeny…”
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Ecological assessment of estuarine sediments by pyrosequencing eukaryotic ribosomal DNA by Chariton, Anthony A, Court, Leon N, Hartley, Diana M, Colloff, Matthew J, Hardy, Christopher M

“…Biodiversity assessment underpins our understanding of ecosystems and determines environmental management decisions on resource use and conservation…”
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Monitoring riverine fish communities through eDNA metabarcoding: determining optimal sampling strategies along an altitudinal and biodiversity gradient by Bylemans, Jonas, Gleeson, Dianne M., Lintermans, Mark, Hardy, Christopher M., Beitzel, Matthew, Gilligan, Dean M., Furlan, Elise M.

“…Monitoring aquatic biodiversity through DNA extracted from environmental samples (eDNA) combined with high-throughput sequencing, commonly referred to as eDNA…”
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Improved inference of taxonomic richness from environmental DNA by Morgan, Matthew J, Chariton, Anthony A, Hartley, Diana M, Court, Leon N, Hardy, Christopher M

“…Accurate estimation of biological diversity in environmental DNA samples using high-throughput amplicon pyrosequencing must account for errors generated by PCR…”
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Use of a Murine Cytomegalovirus K181-Derived Bacterial Artificial Chromosome as a Vaccine Vector for Immunocontraception by REDWOOD, Alec J, MESSERLE, Martin, HARVEY, Nicole L, HARDY, Christopher M, KOSZINOWSKI, Ulrich H, LAWSON, Malcolm A, SHELLAM, Geoffrey R

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Genome-Wide Analysis of Starvation-Selected Drosophila melanogaster—A Genetic Model of Obesity by Hardy, Christopher M, Burke, Molly K, Everett, Logan J, Han, Mira V, Lantz, Kathryn M, Gibbs, Allen G

“…Abstract Experimental evolution affords the opportunity to investigate adaptation to stressful environments. Studies combining experimental evolution with…”
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Assessment of virally vectored autoimmunity as a biocontrol strategy for cane toads by Pallister, Jackie A, Halliday, Damien C T, Robinson, Anthony J, Venables, Daryl, Voysey, Rhonda D, Boyle, Donna G, Shanmuganathan, Thayalini, Hardy, Christopher M, Siddon, Nicole A, Hyatt, Alex D

“…The cane toad, Bufo (Chaunus) marinus, is one of the most notorious vertebrate pests introduced into Australia over the last 200 years and, so far, efforts to…”
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Obesity-associated cardiac dysfunction in starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster by Hardy, Christopher M, Birse, Ryan T, Wolf, Matthew J, Yu, Lin, Bodmer, Rolf, Gibbs, Allen G

“…There is a clear link between obesity and cardiovascular disease, but the complexity of this interaction in mammals makes it difficult to study. Among the…”
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Development of mouse-specific contraceptive vaccines: infertility in mice immunized with peptide and polyepitope antigens by Hardy, Christopher M, Clydesdale, Gavin, Mobbs, Karen J

“…Mouse-specific immunocontraceptive peptides have been identified in mouse proteins with key roles in reproduction from sequence comparisons to other species…”
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Carbon source accounting for fish using combined DNA and stable isotope analyses in a regulated lowland river weir pool by HARDY, CHRISTOPHER M., KRULL, EVELYN S., HARTLEY, DIANA M., OLIVER, RODERICK L.

“…Determining the source and flow of carbon, energy and nutrients through food webs is essential for understanding ecological connectivity and thus determining…”
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Impacts of inundation and drought on eukaryote biodiversity in semi‐arid floodplain soils by Baldwin, Darren S, Colloff, Matthew J, Rees, Gavin N, Chariton, Anthony A, Watson, Garth O, Court, Leon N, Hartley, Diana M, Morgan, Matthew j, King, Andrew J, Wilson, Jessica S, Hodda, Michael, Hardy, Christopher M

“…Floodplain ecosystems are characterized by alternating wet and dry phases and periodic inundation defines their ecological character. Climate change, river…”
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Assessment of contraceptive vaccines based on recombinant mouse sperm protein PH20 by Hardy, Christopher M, Clydesdale, Gavin, Mobbs, Karen J, Pekin, Jenny, Lloyd, Megan L, Sweet, Clive, Shellam, Geoffrey R, Lawson, Malcolm A

“…Mouse PH20 (mPH20), the mouse homologue to guinea pig hyaluronidase protein PH20 (gpPH20), was used to produce contraceptive vaccines that target both sexes of…”
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Contraception in mice immunized with recombinant zona pellucida subunit 3 proteins correlates with Th2 responses and the levels of interleukin 4 expressed by CD4+ cells by Clydesdale, Gavin, Pekin, Jenny, Beaton, Sandra, Jackson, Ronald J, Vignarajan, Soma, Hardy, Christopher M

“…The immune responses and contraceptive effect in mice were tested following immunization with purified recombinant zona pellucida (ZP) proteins produced using…”
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Microeukaryote community composition assessed by pyrosequencing is associated with light availability and phytoplankton primary production along a lowland river by Bradford, Tessa M., Morgan, Matthew J., Lorenz, Zygmunt, Hartley, Diana M., Hardy, Christopher M., Oliver, Roderick L.

“…Summary The importance of microeukaryotes (protists, ciliates, fungi, algae and small invertebrates) in riverine food webs is well recognised, but the…”
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