Molecular Biosecurity: Genomic Databanks for Managing New Pest Invasions

A post-translocation genetic analysis of an endemic wingless grasshopper in urban environments

H Yagui, MR Kearney, TL Schmidt, AA Hoffmann

2025-10-01

Translocation is a core conservation strategy, yet the outcomes of invertebrate translocations are often poorly documented due to ..

Populations of the Australian Saltmarsh Mosquito Aedes vigilax Vary Between Panmixia and Temporally Stable Local Genetic Structure

TL Schmidt, N Endersby-Harshman, T Mills, R Rane, G Pandey, C Hardy, L Court, C Webb, B Trewin, B Neilan, AA Hoffmann

2025-06-01

Pest management programmes can operate more effectively when movement patterns of target species are known. As individual insects ..

Evolutionary consequences of long-distance dispersal in mosquitoes

TL Schmidt

2025-04-01

Long-distance dispersal (LDD) provides a means for mosquitoes to invade new regions and spread adaptive alleles, including those c..

Global, asynchronous partial sweeps at multiple insecticide resistance genes in Aedes mosquitoes

TL Schmidt, NM Endersby-Harshman, ARJ van Rooyen, M Katusele, R Vinit, LJ Robinson, M Laman, S Karl, AA Hoffmann

2024-12-01

Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) and Ae. albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) are globally invasive pests that confer the world’..

Simulating Genetic Mixing in Strongly Structured Populations of the Threatened Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)

John G Black, Steven JB Cooper, Thomas L Schmidt, Andrew R Weeks

2024-12-01

Genetic mixing aims to increase the genetic diversity of small or isolated populations, by mitigating genetic drift and inbreeding..

Heterogeneous patterns of heterozygosity loss in isolated populations of the threatened eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)

JG Black, ARJ van Rooyen, D Heinze, R Gaffney, AA Hoffmann, TL Schmidt, AR Weeks

2024-10-01

Identifying and analysing isolated populations is critical for conservation. Isolation can make populations vulnerable to local ex..

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences How Can Genomics Help or Hinder Wildlife Conservation?

TL Schmidt, JA Thia, AA Hoffmann

2024-02-15

Genomic data are becoming increasingly affordable and easy to collect, and new tools for their analysis are appearing rapidly. Con..