A5080358832- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Whipple's Disease and Interleukins
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
University of Otago
2017-2025
Washington State University
2000
The Southern Ocean is warming more rapidly than other parts of our planet. How this region's endemic biodiversity will respond to such changes can be illuminated by studying past events through genetic analyses time-series data sets, including historic and fossil remains. Archaeological subfossil remains show that the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) was common along coasts Australia New Zealand in recent past. This species now mostly confined sub-Antarctic islands tip South...
Archaeological evidence suggests that dogs were introduced to the islands of Oceania via Island Southeast Asia around 3,300 years ago, and reached eastern Polynesia by fourteenth century AD. This dispersal is intimately tied human expansion, but involvement in Pacific migrations not well understood. Our analyses seven new complete ancient mitogenomes five partial mtDNA sequences from archaeological dog specimens Mainland at least three events into region, addition introduction dingoes...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health threat, infecting one-third of the world's population. Despite this prominence, age, origin and spread disease have been topics contentious debate. Molecular studies suggest that Mycobacterium tuberculosis ‘sensu stricto’ , most common strain TB humans today, originated in Africa from there into Europe Asia. The M. strains commonly found across Pacific Americas today are closely related to European strains, supporting hypothesis only reached these...
Biological anthropological research, the study of both modern and past humans, is a burgeoning field in Indo-Pacific region. It becoming increasingly apparent that unique environments have resulted an archaeological record does not necessarily align with those northern hemisphere. New, regionally-specific models are being developed, biological research has important role to play establishing human experience within these models. In Indo-Pacific, using ancient tissues adding insight into...
The Southern Ocean is warming more rapidly than other parts of our planet. How this regions endemic biodiversity will respond to such changes can be illuminated by studying past events, through genetic analyses time-series data sets including historic and fossil remains. Archaeological subfossil remains show that the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) was common along coasts Australia New Zealand in recent past. This species now mostly confined sub-Antarctic islands tip South America....