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Recent Publications

• Cardoso G, Atwell W, Ketterson D & Price D. 2009. Song types, song performance, and the use of repertoires in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Behavioral Ecology. 20 (4): 901-907.
• Cristescu , Cahill , Sherwin B, Cooper W, Wilton N, Herbert A, Whisson , Carlyon KM, Carlsson J & Handasyde K. 2009. Inbreeding and testicular abnormalities in a bottlenecked population of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Wildlife Research. 36: 299-308.
• Cui S, Selwood L & Menkhorst EM. 2009. Uterine expression of cp4 gene homolog in the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura: Relationship with conceptus development and progesterone profile. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 76: 863-872.
• Dempster T, Uglem , Sanchez-Jerez , Fernandez-Jover , Nilsen , Bayle-Sempere  & Bjorn A. 2009. Coastal salmon farms attract large and persistent aggregations of wild fish: an ecosystem effect. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 385: 1-14.
• Familari M, Vu TD & Parry L. 2009. Regulation of Rxfp2 (Lgr8) Expression in the mouse fetal kidney by the transcription factor Pod1 (Tcf21). Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences. 1160: 317-319.
• Ferner , Zeller  & Renfree M. 2009. Lung development of monotremes: Evidence for the mammalian morphotype. Anatomical Record. 292 (2): 190-201.
• Ganesan A, Klonisch , Mcguane J, Feng , Agoulnik I & Parry L. 2009. Normal prostate morphology in relaxin-mutant mice. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 21: 440-450.
• Gaynor  & Stuart-Fox D. 2009. Processes driving male breeding colour and ecomorphological diversification in rainbow skinks: a phylogenetic comparative test. Evolutionary Ecology.1-17.
• Gorfine H, Day R & Bardos D. 2009. Rapid response to abalone virus depletion in western Victoria: information acquisition and reef code assessment. Report No , for FRDC. : .(Not Final)
• Hale R, Swearer S & Downes B. 2009. Separating natural responses from experimental artefacts: habitat selection by a diadromous fish species using odours from conspecifics and natural stream water. Oecologia. 159: 679-687.
• Herbert G, Stuart-Fox D & Moussalli . 2009. A phylogeny of the cannibal snails of southern Africa, genus Natalina sensu lato (Pulmonata: Rhytididae): Assessing concordance between morphology and molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52: 167-182.
• Hughes N, Washington M, Zheng Z, Lau XK, Yap C, Rathjen P & Rathjen J. 2009. Manipulation of Cell: cell contacts and mesoderm suppressing activity direct lineage choice from pluripotent primitive ectoderm-like cells in culture. PLoS One. 4 (5): e5579.
• Jessop T, Stuart-Fox D & Chan R. 2009. Sex steroid correlates of female-specific colouration, behaviour and reproductive state in Lake Eyre dragon lizards, Ctenophorus maculosus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 195 (7): 619-630.
• Koumoundouros TJ, Sumner J, Stuart-Fox D & Clemann . 2009. Current genetic isolation and fragmentation contrasts with historical connectivity in an alpine lizard (Cyclodomorphus praealtus) threatened by climate change. Biological Conservation. 142: 992-1002.
• Kwek JHL, De Iongh R, Digby M, Renfree M, Nicholas K & Familari M. 2009. Cross-fostering of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) pouch young accelerates fore-stomach maturation. Mechanisms of Development. 126: 449-463.
• Macfarlane AM & Coulson G. 2009. Boys will be boys: social affinity among males drives social segregation in western grey kangaroos. Journal of Zoology. 277: 37-44.
• Macreadie PI, Hindell J, Jenkins G & Connolly M. 2009. Fish responses to experimental fragmentation of seagrass habitat. Conservation Biology. 23 (3): 644-652.
• Magrath M, Vedder , Van Der Velde  & Komdeur . 2009. Maternal effects contribute to the superior performance of extra-pair offspring. Current Biology. 19: 792-797.
• Marshall D & Keough M. 2009. Does interspecific competition affect offspring provisioning? Ecology. 90 (2): 487-495.
• Mcnamara KB, Elgar M & Jones T. 2009. Large spermatophores reduce female receptivity and increase male paternity success in the almond moth, Cadra cautella. Animal Behaviour. 77: 931-936.
• Mcpeek A, Deangelis L, Shaw G, Moore J, Rausher D, Strong R, Ellison M, Barrett , Rieseberg , Breed D, Sullivan , Osenberg W, Holyoak  & Elgar M. 2009. The Golden Rule of Reviewing. The American Naturalist. 173 (5)
• Menzies BR, Shaw G, Fletcher T & Renfree M. 2009. Early onset of ghrelin production in a marsupial. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 299 (2): 266-273.
• Morgan D. 2009. Kangaroo population monitoring methods in Mallee parks. Report No June 2009, for Parks Victoria. Melbourne, Australia: Department of Zoology  The University of Melbourne.
• Nation AC & Selwood L. 2009. The production of mature oocytes from adult ovaries following primary follicle culture in a marsupial. Reproduction. 138: 247-255.
• Nation AC, Selwood L & Cui S. 2009. Vesicle-associated protein 1: a novel ovarian immunocontraceptive target in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula. Reproduction. 136: 657-665.
• Neal K, Parry L & Bornstein J. 2009. Strain-specific genetics, anatomy and function of enteric neural serotonergic pathways in inbred mice. Journal of Physiology. 587 (3): 567-586.
• Paplinska JZ, Eldridge DB, Cooper W, Temple-Smith P & Renfree M. 2009. Use of genetic methods to establish male-biased dispersal in a cryptic mammal, the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor). Australian Journal of Zoology. 57: 65-72.
• Parry L, Vodstrcil LA, Madden AC, Amir SH, Baldwin KL, Wlodek M & Nicholas K. 2009. Normal mammary gland growth and lactation capacity in pregnant relaxin-deficient mice. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 21: 549-560.
• Shimeta J & Swearer S. 2009. Larval quality is shaped by matrix effects: implications for connectivity in a marine metapopulation. Ecology. 90 (5): 1255-1267.
• Stuart-Fox D, Godinho , Gouyde Bellocq , Irwin R, Brito , Moussalli , Siroky , Hugall F & Baird JE. 2009. Variation in phenotype, parasite load and male competitive ability across a cryptic hybrid zone. PLoS One. 4 (5): e5677.
• Stuart-Fox D, Godinho , Irwin , Gouy De Bellocq , Hugall F, Baird JE, Moussalli  & Brito . 2009. Can scent-mediated female make preference explain an abrupt mtDNA cline in Lacerta schreiberi?. Behaviour. 146: 831-841.
• Stuart-Fox D & Moussalli . 2009. Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms. Royal Society of London Philosophical Transactions - Biological Sciences. 364: 463-470.
• Symonds M, Moussalli  & Elgar M. 2009. The evolution of sex pheromones in an ecologically diverse genus of flies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97: 594-603.
• Uglem , Dempster T, Bjorn , Sanchez-Jerez  & Okland . 2009. High connectivity of salmon farms revealed by aggregation, residence and repeated movements of wild fish among farms. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 384: 251-260.
• Van Buskirk J. 2009. Getting in shape: adaptation and phylogenetic inertia in morphology of Australian anuran larvae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22: 1326-1337.
• Van Buskirk J, Mulvihill S & Leberman C. 2009. Variable shifts in spring and autumn migration phenology in North American songbirds associated with climate change. Global Change Biology. 15: 760-771.
• Wilson C, Burnett , Rappaport , Parry L & Fletcher K. 2009. Relaxin-3 and RXFP3 expression, and steroidogenic actions in the ovary of teleost fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 153: 69-74.
• Yegorov , Good-Avila V, Parry L & Wilson C. 2009. Relaxin family genes in humans and teleosts: Bioinformatic analyses and expression of three RLN genes in teleosts. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences. 1160: 42-44.

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