Prof Thomas Madsen

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Position

Honorary Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Publications

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2024

Genetic divergence of farmed blue mussels (Mytilus sp.) in Australian waters

G Bramwell, A Schultz, T Madsen, F Thomas, N Macdonald, A Dujon, C Sherman, B Ujvari

(2024), Vol. 578, Aquaculture, C1

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Manganese Exacerbates Seasonal Health Declines in a Suicidally Breeding Mammal

A Amir Abdul Nasir, A Niehaus, S Cameron, B Ujvari, T Madsen, F von Hippel, S Gao, D Dillon, C Buck, J Charters, J Heiniger, S Blomberg, R Wilson

(2024), Vol. 43, pp. 74-86, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, C1

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Complex associations between cancer progression and immune gene expression reveals early influence of transmissible cancer on Tasmanian devils

N Raven, M Klaassen, T Madsen, M Jones, D Hamilton, M Ruiz-Aravena, F Thomas, R Hamede, B Ujvari

(2024), Vol. 15, pp. 1-13, Frontiers in Immunology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

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2023

The impact of an extreme climatic event on adder (Vipera berus) demography in southern Sweden

Thomas Madsen, Jon Loman, Dirk Bauwens, Bo Stille, Hakan Anderberg, Lewis Anderberg, Beata Ujvari

(2023), Vol. 138, pp. 282-288, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

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2022

Transmissible cancer influences immune gene expression in an endangered marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

N Raven, M Klaassen, T Madsen, F Thomas, R Hamede, B Ujvari

(2022), Vol. 31, pp. 2293-2311, Molecular Ecology, London, Eng., C1

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Telomeres, the loop tying cancer to organismal life-histories

B Ujvari, N Raven, T Madsen, M Klaassen, A Dujon, A Schultz, L Nunney, J Lemaître, M Giraudeau, F Thomas

(2022), Molecular Ecology, England, C1

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Mass-related differences in metabolic rate and fasting endurance explain divergence in seasonal activity of Mediterranean lizards

L Luiselli, B Stille, M Stille, W Buttemer, T Madsen

(2022), Vol. 582, Amphibia Reptilia, Leiden, The Netherlands, C1

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Negative frequency-dependent selection on polymorphic color morphs in adders

Thomas Madsen, Bo Stille, Beata Ujvari, Dirk Bauwens, John Endler

(2022), pp. 1-8, Current Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

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Transmissible cancer and longitudinal telomere dynamics in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)

T Madsen, M Klaassen, N Raven, A Dujon, Geordie Jennings, F Thomas, R Hamede, B Ujvari

(2022), pp. 1-10, Molecular Ecology, London, Eng., C1

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Polyandry and non-random fertilisation maintain long-term genetic diversity in an isolated island population of adders (Vipera berus)

T Madsen, B Ujvari, D Bauwens, B Gruber, A Georges, M Klaassen

(2022), pp. 1-9, Heredity, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2021

Darwin, the devil, and the management of transmissible cancers

R Hamede, T Madsen, H McCallum, A Storfer, P Hohenlohe, H Siddle, J Kaufman, M Giraudeau, M Jones, F Thomas, B Ujvari

(2021), Vol. 35, pp. 748-751, Conservation Biology, United States, C1

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2020

Long term effects of outbreeding: experimental founding of island population eliminates malformations and improves hatching success in sand lizards

W Lindsay, T Madsen, E Wapstra, M Lillie, L Loeb, B Ujvari, M Olsson

(2020), Vol. 249, Biological Conservation, C1

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Demography and spatial requirements of the endangered northern quoll on Groote Eylandt

J Heiniger, S Cameron, T Madsen, A Niehaus, R Wilson

(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 224-238, Wildlife Research, Melbourne, Vic., C1

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2019

Transmissible cancer and the evolution of sex

F Thomas, T Madsen, M Giraudeau, D Misse, R Hamede, O Vincze, F Renaud, B Roche, B Ujvari

(2019), Vol. 17, PLoS Biology, United States, C1

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Multiple paternity and precocial breeding in wild Tasmanian devils, Sarcophilus harrisii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)

T Russell, A Lane, J Clarke, C Hogg, K Morris, T Keeley, T Madsen, B Ujvari

(2019), Vol. 128, pp. 201-210, Biological journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford, Eng., C1

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2018

Oncogenesis as a Selective Force: Adaptive Evolution in the Face of a Transmissible Cancer

T Russell, T Madsen, F Thomas, N Raven, R Hamede, B Ujvari

(2018), Vol. 40, BioEssays, United States, C1

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MHC diversity and female age underpin reproductive success in an Australian icon; the Tasmanian Devil

T Russell, S Lisovski, M Olsson, G Brown, R Spindler, A Lane, T Keeley, C Hibbard, C Hogg, F Thomas, K Belov, B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2018), Vol. 8, Scientific Reports, England, C1

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Genetic diversity, inbreeding and cancer

B Ujvari, M Klaassen, N Raven, T Russell, M Vittecoq, R Hamede, F Thomas, T Madsen

(2018), Vol. 285, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, England, C1

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2017

Cancer prevalence and etiology in wild and captive animals

T Madsen, A Arnal, M Vittecoq, F Bernex, J Abadie, S Labrut, D Garcia, D Faugere, K Lemberger, C Beckmann, B Roche, F Thomas, B Ujvari

(2017), pp. 11-11, Ecology and evolution of cancer, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Curvilinear telomere length dynamics in a squamate reptile

B Ujvari, P Biro, J Charters, G Brown, K Heasman, C Beckmann, T Madsen

(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 753-759, Functional ecology, London, Eng., C1

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Resource availability and sexual size dimorphism: differential effects of prey abundance on the growth rates of tropical snakes

G Brown, T Madsen, R Shine

(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 1592-1599, Functional ecology, Chichester, Eng., C1

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Purifying selection and concerted evolution of RNA-sensing toll-like receptors in migratory waders

N Raven, S Lisovski, M Klaassen, N Lo, T Madsen, S Ho, B Ujvari

(2017), Vol. 53, pp. 135-145, Infection, Genetics and Evolution, Netherlands, C1

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The causes and ecological correlates of head scale asymmetry and fragmentation in a tropical snake

G Brown, T Madsen, S Dubey, R Shine

(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-11, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1

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No signs of Na+/K+-ATPase adaptations to an invasive exotic toxic prey in native squamate predators

K Pinch, T Madsen, B Ujvari

(2017), Vol. 42, pp. 929-933, Austral Ecology, C1

journal article
2016

Floods and famine: Climate-induced collapse of a tropical predator-prey community

B Ujvari, G Brown, R Shine, T Madsen

(2016), Vol. 30, pp. 453-458, Functional Ecology, C1

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Immunoglubolin dynamics and cancer prevalence in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)

B Ujvari, R Hamede, S Peck, D Pemberton, M Jones, K Belov, T Madsen

(2016), Vol. 6, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article
2015

Widespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution

B Ujvari, N Casewell, K Sunagar, K Arbuckle, W Wüster, N Lo, D O'Meally, C Beckmann, G King, E Deplazes, T Madsen

(2015), Vol. 112, pp. 11911-11916, National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, Washington, D.C., C1

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Population demography of frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii, Gray 1825) in the wet-dry tropics of Australia

B Ujvari, P Fisher, J Rydell, R Wahlgren, B Wright, T Madsen

(2015), Vol. 40, pp. 60-66, Austral ecology, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1

journal article
2014

Anthropogenic selection enhances cancer evolution in Tasmanian devil tumours

B Ujvari, A Pearse, K Swift, P Hodson, B Hua, S Pyecroft, R Taylor, R Hamede, M Jones, K Belov, T Madsen

(2014), Vol. 7, pp. 260-265, Evolutionary applications, London, Eng., C1-1

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Invasive toxic prey may imperil the survival of an iconic giant lizard, the Komodo dragon

B Ujvari, H Mun, A Conigrave, C Ciofi, T Madsen

(2014), Vol. 20, pp. 363-365, Pacific conservation biology, Sydney, N. S. W., C1-1

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Diet fatty acid profile, membrane composition and lifespan: an experimental study using the blowfly (Calliphora stygia)

M Kelly, M Usher, B Ujvari, T Madsen, J Wallman, W Buttemer, A Hulbert

(2014), Vol. 138, pp. 15-25, Mechanisms of ageing and development, Shannon, Ireland, C1-1

journal article
2013

Queensland northern quolls are not immune to cane toad toxin

B Ujvari, M Oakwood, T Madsen

(2013), Vol. 40, pp. 228-231, Wildlife research, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1

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Invader impact clarifies the roles of top-down and bottom-up effects on tropical snake populations

G Brown, B Ujvari, T Madsen, R Shine

(2013), Vol. 27, pp. 351-361, Functional ecology, London, Eng., C1-1

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Isolation breeds naivety : island living robs Australian varanid lizards of toad-toxin immunity via four-base-pair mutation

B Ujvari, H Mun, A Conigrave, A Bray, J Osterkamp, P Halling, T Madsen

(2013), Vol. 67, pp. 289-294, Evolution: International journal of organic evolution, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article
2012

Evolution of a contagious cancer: epigenetic variation in devil facial tumour disease

B Ujvari, A Pearse, S Peck, C Harmsen, R Taylor, S Pyecroft, T Madsen, A Papenfuss, K Belov

(2012), Vol. 280, pp. 2-8, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1-1

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Telomere dynamics and homeostasis in a transmissible cancer

B Ujvari, A Pearse, R Taylor, S Pyecroft, C Flanagan, S Gombert, A Papenfuss, T Madsen, K Belov

(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-8, PLoS one, San Fransico, Calif., C1-1

journal article
2011

Climate change, multiple paternity and offspring survival in lizards

M Olsson, T Shwartz, E Wapstra, T Uller, B Ujvari, T Madsen, R Shine

(2011), Vol. 65, pp. 3323-3326, Evolution: International journal of organic evolution, London, Eng., C1-1

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Do natural antibodies compensate for humoral immunosenescence in tropical pythons?

B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2011), Vol. 25, pp. 813-817, Functional ecology, London, Eng., C1-1

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The potential demise of a population of adders (Vipera berus) in Smygehuk, Sweden

T Madsen, B Ujvari

(2011), Vol. 6, pp. 72-74, Herpetological conservation and biology, Texarkana, Tex., C1-1

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How well do predators adjust to climate-mediated shifts in prey distribution? A study on Australian water pythons

B Ujvari, R Shine, T Madsen

(2011), Vol. 92, pp. 777-783, Ecology, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

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Long-term population dynamics in a Mediterranean aquatic snake

L Luiselli, T Madsen, D Capizzi, L Rugiero, N Pacini, M Capula

(2011), Vol. 26, pp. 745-753, Ecological research, Tokyo, Japan, C1-1

journal article
2010

Detecting the impact of invasive species on native fauna: Cane toads (Bufo marinus), frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii) and the importance of spatial replication

B Ujvari, R Shine, T Madsen

(2010), Vol. 36, pp. 126-130, Australian ecology, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1

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In hot pursuit : fluctuating mating system and sexual selection in sand lizards

M Olsson, E Wapstra, T Schwartz, T Madsen, B Ujvari, T Uller

(2010), Vol. 65, pp. 574-583, Evolution: International journal of organic evolution, London, Eng., C1-1

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Sex ratio of breeding Common toads (Bufo bufo) - influence of survival and skipped breeding

J Loman, T Madsen

(2010), Vol. 31, pp. 509-524, Amphibia reptilia, Leiden, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2009

Climate-driven impacts of prey abundance on the population structure of a tropical aquatic predator

B Ujvari, S Andersson, G Brown, R Shine, T Madsen

(2009), Vol. 119, pp. 188-196, Oikos, London, Eng., C1-1

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Experimental studies of blowfly (Calliphora stygia) longevity : a little dietary fat is beneficial but too much is detrimental

B Ujvari, J Wallman, T Madsen, M Whelan, A Hulbery

(2009), Vol. 154, pp. 383-388, Comparative biochemistry and physiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

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Short telomeres in hatching snakes : erythrocyte telomere dynamics and longevity in tropical pythons

B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2009), Vol. 4, pp. 1-5, PLoS one, San Fransico, Calif., C1-1

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Increased mortality of naive varanid lizards after the invasion of non-native can toads (bufo marinus)

B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2009), Vol. 4, pp. 248-251, Herpetological conservation and biology, Texarkana, Tex., C1-1

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2008

Complete mitochondrial genome of the frillneck lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii, Reptilia; Agamidae), another squamate with two control regions.

B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2008), Vol. 19, pp. 465-470, Mitochondrial DNA, London, Eng., C1-1

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Population genetic structure, gene flow and sex-biased dispersal in frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

B Ujvari, M Dowton, T Madsen

(2008), Vol. 17, pp. 3557-3564, Molecular ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

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Population genetic structure, gene flow and sex-biased dispersal in frillneck lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

B Ujvari, M Dowton, T Madsen

(2008), Vol. 17, pp. 3557-3564, Molecular Ecology, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

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2007

Mitochondrial DNA recombination in a free-ranging Australian lizard

B Ujvari, M Dowton, T Madsen

(2007), Vol. 3, pp. 189-192, Biology letters, London, England, C1-1

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Do 'infectious' prey select for high levels of natural antibodies in tropical pythons?

T Madsen, B Ujvari, K Nandakumar, D Hasselquist, R Holmdahl

(2007), Vol. 21, pp. 271-279, Evolutionary ecology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1

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Island differences in population size structure and catch per unit effort and their conservation implications for Komodo dragons

T Jessop, T Madsen, C Ciofi, M Jeri Imansyah, D Purwandana, H Rudiharto, A Arifiandy, J Phillips

(2007), Vol. 135, pp. 247-255, Biological conservation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

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2006

Size matters : extraordinary rodent abundance on an Australian tropical floodplain

T Madsen, B Ujvari, R Shine, W Buttemer, M Olsson

(2006), Vol. 31, pp. 361-365, Austral ecology, Milton, Qld, C1-1

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MHC class I variation associates with parasite resistance and longevity in tropical pythons

T Madsen, B Ujvari

(2006), Vol. 19, pp. 1973-1978, Journal of evolutionary biology, Chichester, England, C1-1

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Rain, rats and pythons: climate-driven population dynamics of predators and prey in tropical Australia

T Madsen, B Ujvari, R Shine, M Olsson

(2006), Vol. 31, pp. 30-37, Austral ecology, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1

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Age, parasites, and condition affect humoral immune response in tropical pythons

B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2006), Vol. 17, pp. 20-24, Behavioral ecology, Cary, NC, C1-1

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2005

Does mate guarding prevent rival mating in snow skinks? A test using AFLP

M Olsson, B Ujvari, E Wapstra, T Madsen, R Shine, S Bensch

(2005), Vol. 61, pp. 389-394, Herpetologica, Lawrence, KS, C1-1

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Costly parasite resistance: a genotype-dependent handicap in sand lizards?

M Olsson, E Wapstra, T Madsen, B Ujvari, C Rugfelt

(2005), Vol. 1, pp. 375-377, Biology letters, London, England, C1-1

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Severe malformation in neonate Vipera ursinii rakosiensis

T Tóth, J Gál, B Újvári, T Madsen

(2005), Vol. 26, pp. 388-390, Amphibia reptilia, Leiden, The Netherlands, C1-1

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Discrepancy in mitochondrial and nuclear polymorphism in meadow vipers (Vipera ursinii) questions the unambiguous use of mtDNA in conservation studies

B Ujvari, T Madsen, M Olsson

(2005), Vol. 26, pp. 287-292, Amphibia reptilia, Leiden, The Netherlands, C1-1

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MHC, health, color, and reproductive success in sand lizards

M Olsson, T Madsen, E Wapstra, B Silverin, B Ujvari, H Wittzell

(2005), Vol. 58, pp. 289-294, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, Heidelberg, Germany, C1-1

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Paternal alleles enhance female reproductive success in tropical pythons

T Madsen, B Ujvari, M Olsson, R Shine

(2005), Vol. 14, pp. 1783-1787, Molecular ecology, Chichester, England, C1-1

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Old pythons stay fit : effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical predator

T Madsen, B Ujvari, M Olsson

(2005), Vol. 142, pp. 407-412, Oecologia, Heidelberg, Germany, C1-1

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The role of Haldane's rule in sex allocation

M Olsson, T Madsen, T Uller, E Wapstra, B Ujvari

(2005), Vol. 59, pp. 221-225, Evolution, Oxford, England, C1-1

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2004

Offspring-driven local dispersal in female sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

K Ryberg, M Olsson, E Wapstra, T Madsen, S Anderholm, B Ujvari

(2004), Vol. 17, pp. 1215-1220, Journal of evolutionary biology, Chichester, England, C1-1

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Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera berus)

T Madsen, B Ujvari, M Olsson

(2004), Vol. 120, pp. 145-147, Biological conservation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

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Haldane rules: costs of outbreeding at production of daughters in sand lizards

M Olsson, B Ujvari, T Madsen, T Uller, E Wapstra

(2004), Vol. 7, pp. 924-928, Ecology letters, Chichester, England, C1-1

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High prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) infection in water pythons (Liasis fuscus) from tropical Australia

B Ujvari, T Madsen, M Olsson

(2004), Vol. 90, pp. 670-672, Journal of parasitology, Lincoln, Nebraska, C1-1

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Fecundity and MHC affects ejaculation tactics and paternity bias in sand lizards

M Olsson, T Madsen, B Ujvari, E Wapstra

(2004), Vol. 58, pp. 906-909, Evolution, Oxford, England, C1-1

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2003

Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards

M Olsson, T Madsen, J Nordby, E Wapstra, B Ujvari, H Wittzell

(2003), Vol. 270, pp. 254-256, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, England, C1-1

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2002

Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: The roles of sexual selection and fecundity selection

M Olsson, R Shine, E Wapstra, B Ujvari, T Madsen

(2002), Vol. 56, pp. 1538-1541, Evolution, Oxford, England, C1-1

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Low genetic diversity threatens imminent extinction for the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)

B Újvári, T Madsen, T Kotenko, M Olsson, R Shine, H Wittzell

(2002), Vol. 105, pp. 127-130, Biological conservation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

Industry and Other Funding

Nature's solution, do immunoglobulins fight cancer in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)?

A/Prof Beata Ujvari, Dr Rodrigo Hamede, Prof Frederic Thomas, Prof Thomas Madsen

Save the Tasmanian Devil Program - Tasmanian Government

  • 2017: $33,264

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report