Lynne Selwood

Culture of Marsupial Oocytes and Conceptuses.

Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2019  |  Methods Mol Biol

Marsupial oocytes and conceptuses provide special challenges to scientists wanting to develop reliable in vitro techniques. Yet th..

Testing hypotheses of developmental constraints on mammalian brain partition evolution, using marsupials

Alison Carlisle, Lynne Selwood, Lyn A Hinds, Norman Saunders, Mark Habgood, Karine Mardon, Vera Weisbecker

Journal article  |  2017  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

There is considerable debate about whether the partition volumes of the mammalian brain (e.g. cerebrum, cerebellum) evolve accordi..

Expression analysis of Cdx2 and Pou5f1 in a marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart, during early development

Mary Familari, Phil Chi Khang Au, Robb U De Iongh, Yolanda Cruz, Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2016  |  MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

The first lineage allocation during mouse development forms the trophectoderm and inner cell mass, in which Cdx2 and Pou5f1 displa..

Females Choose Mates Based on Genetic Relatedness in a Small Dasyurid Marsupial, the Agile Antechinus (Antechinus agilis)

Marissa L Parrott, Simon J Ward, Peter D Temple-Smith, Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

Females in a variety of taxa mate with more than one male during a single oestrus and exhibit mate preferences for genetically com..

Captive Breeding Does Not Alter Brain Volume in a Marsupial Over a Few Generations

P-J Guay, M Parrott, L Selwood

Journal article  |  2012  |  ZOO BIOLOGY

Captive breeding followed by reintroduction to the wild is a common component of conservation management plans for various taxa. A..

A novel marsupial pri-miRNA transcript has a putative role in gamete maintenance and defines a vertebrate miRNA cluster paralogous to the miR-15a/miR-16-1 cluster

Phil Chi Khang Au, Stephen Frankenberg, Lynne Selwood, Mary Familari

Journal article  |  2011  |  REPRODUCTION

Successful maintenance, survival and maturation of gametes rely on bidirectional communication between the gamete and its supporti..

Did transmission of Helicobacter pylori from humans cause a disease outbreak in a colony of Stripe-faced Dunnarts (Sminthopsis macroura)?

Alison L Every, Lynne Selwood, Natalia Castano-Rodriguez, Wei Lu, Helen M Windsor, Janet LK Wee, Agnieszka Swierczak, Barry J Marshall, Nadeem O Kaakoush, Hazel M Mitchell, Philip Sutton

Journal article  |  2011  |  VETERINARY RESEARCH

Since the discovery that Helicobacter pylori causes a range of pathologies in the stomachs of infected humans, it has become appar..

Cloning and Characterization of a New Gene From the PAT Protein Family, in a Marsupial, the Stripe-Faced Dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura)

Phil Chi Khang Au, Lynne Selwood, Mary Familari

Journal article  |  2010  |  MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Recent studies of PAT proteins in Drosophila and Xenopus have revealed significant roles for this family of proteins in the polari..

Induced ovulation mimics the time-table of natural development in the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura and results in the birth of fertile young

Phil Chi Khang Au, Angela Nation, Marissa Parrott, Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2010  |  REPRODUCTION

Induced ovulation maximizes captive breeding success, increasing productivity and facilitating the contribution of otherwise infer..

Evolution of the Shell Coat and Yolk in Amniotes: A Marsupial Perspective

Ellen Menkhorst, Angela Nation, Shuliang Cui, Lynne Selwood

Journal article  |  2009  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Two characters distinguish oogenesis and early development in marsupials and monotremes: (1) the shell coat that persists from the..