Book Chapters

• Peel, E., Belov, K. (2016). The Immune System of Monotremes and Marsupials. In Ratcliffe, M.J.H. (Eds.), The Immune System of Monotremes and Marsupials, (pp. 504-514). Oxford UK: Elsevier.
• Morris, K., Belov, K. (2015). Cancer Immunology of Transmissible Cancers. In Nima Rezaei (Eds.), Cancer Immunology: A Translational Medicine Context, (pp. 419-428). Berlin: Springer. [More Information]
• Wright, B., Lillie, M., Belov, K. (2015). Marsupials and Monotremes in the Genomics Era. In Athol Klieve, Lindsay Hogan, Stephen Johnson, Peter Murray (Eds.), Marsupials and Monotremes Nature's Enigmatic Mammals, (pp. 33-52). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2014). The Platypus: A Venomous Mammal. In P. Gopalakrishnakone, Juan J. Calvete (Eds.), Toxinology: Venom Genomics and Proteomics, (pp. 1-13). Dordrecht: Springer. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Jones, E., Belov, K., Cheng, Y. (2013). Protection in the pouch: antimicrobial peptides in marsupials and monotremes. In A. Méndez-Vilas (Eds.), Microbial pathogens and strategies for combating them: science, technology and education, (pp. 1247-1256). Badajoz, Spain: Formatex Press.
• Deakin, J., Belov, K. (2012). A Comparative Genomics Approach to Understanding Transmissible Cancer in Tasmanian Devils. In A.Chakravarti and E. Green (Eds.), Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, (pp. 207-222). Palo Alto, USA: Annual Reviews.
• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2012). MHC Diversity and Wildlife Health: Lessons from Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease. In NV Semiletova (Eds.), Major Histocompatibility Complex: Biology, Functions and Roles in Disease, (pp. 43-54). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
• Siddle, H., Sanderson, C., Deakin, J., Belov, K. (2010). Genetic architecture of the macropodid immune system. In Graeme Coulson, Mark Eldridge (Eds.), Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies & Rat-kangaroos, (pp. 13-23). Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
• Wong, E., Lillie, M., Belov, K. (2010). Genome Analysis of the Platypus. (pp. 1-8). [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Siddle, H., Belov, K. (2010). The Marsupial Major Histocompatibility Complex. In Janine E. Deakin, Paul D. Waters and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (Eds.), Marsupial Genetics and Genomics, (pp. 339-356). Australia: Springer Science+Business Media.
• Morris, K., Wong, E., Belov, K. (2010). Use of Genomic Information to gain insights into Immune Function in Marsupials: A review of Divergent Immune Genes. In Janine E. Deakin, Paul D. Waters and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (Eds.), Marsupial Genetics and Genomics, (pp. 381-400). Australia: Springer Science+Business Media.

Journals

• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2017). Antimicrobial Protection of Marsupial Pouch Young. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1-8. [More Information]
• Jones, E., Cheng, Y., O'Meally, D., Belov, K. (2017). Characterization of the antimicrobial peptide family defensins in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), and tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Immunogenetics, 69(3), 133-143. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Whittington, C., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2017). Comparative genomics of hormonal signaling in the chorioallantoic membrane of oviparous and viviparous amniotes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 19-29. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Whittington, C., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2017). Comparative genomics of hormonal signaling in the chorioallantoic membrane of oviparous and viviparous amniotes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 19-29. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Belov, K. (2017). Immune-endocrine interactions in marsupials and monotremes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 178-185. [More Information]
• Grueber, C., Reid-Wainscoat, E., Fox, S., Belov, K., Shier, D., Hogg, C., Pemberton, D. (2017). Increasing generations in captivity is associated with increased vulnerability of Tasmanian devils to vehicle strike following release to the wild. Scientific Reports, 7, 2161. [More Information]
• Tovar, C., Pye, R., Kreiss, A., Cheng, Y., Brown, G., Darby, J., Malley, R., Siddle, H., Skjodt, K., Kaufman, J., Belov, K., et al (2017). Regression of devil facial tumour disease following immunotherapy in immunised Tasmanian devils. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-15. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Heasman, K., Peck, S., Peel, E., Gooley, R., Papenfuss, A., Hogg, C., Belov, K. (2017). Significant decline in anticancer immune capacity during puberty in the Tasmanian devil. Scientific Reports, 7, 44716. [More Information]
• Hendrawan, K., Whittington, C., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2017). The Regulation of Uterine Proinflammatory Gene Expression during Pregnancy in the Live-Bearing Lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 328B, 334-346. [More Information]
• Wright, B., Willet, C., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Belov, K., Wade, C. (2017). Variants in the host genome may inhibit tumour growth in devil facial tumours: evidence from genomewide association. Open Access Scientific Reports, 7(1), 423. [More Information]
• Hogg, C., Grueber, C., Pemberton, D., Fox, S., Lee, A., Ivy, J., Belov, K. (2017). �Devil Tools & Tech�: A Synergy of Conservation Research and Management Practice. Conservation Letters, 10(1), 133-138. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2016). Allelic expression of mammalian imprinted genes in a matrotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Development Genes and Evolution, 226(2), 79-85. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Cheng, Y., Djordjevic, J., Fox, S., Sorrell, T., Belov, K. (2016). Cathelicidins in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Scientific Reports, 6, 1-9. [More Information]
• Morris, K., O'Meally, D., Zaw, T., Song, X., Gillett, A., Molloy, M., Polkinghorne, A., Belov, K. (2016). Characterisation of the immune compounds in koala milk using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach. Scientific Reports, 6, 1-14. [More Information]
• Brennan, A., Donahoe, S., Beatty, J., Belov, K., Lindsay, S., Briscoe, K., Slapeta, J., Barrs, V. (2016). Comparison of genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats from Australia with latent infection or clinical toxoplasmosis. Veterinary Parasitology, 228, 13-16. [More Information]
• Ng, H., Tachedjian, M., Deakin, J., Wynne, J., Cui, J., Haring, V., Broz, I., Chen, H., Belov, K., Wang, L., et al (2016). Evolution and comparative analysis of the bat MHC-I region. Scientific Reports, 6, 1-18. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Hamede, R., Peck, S., Pemberton, D., Jones, M., Belov, K., Madsen, T. (2016). Immunoglubolin dynamics and cancer prevalence in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Scientific Reports, 6, 1-5. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Cui, J., Shine, R., Belov, K. (2016). Molecular characterization of MHC class II in the Australian invasive cane toad reveals multiple splice variants. Immunogenetics, 68(6-7), 449-460. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2016). Reptile Pregnancy Is Underpinned by Complex Changes in Uterine Gene Expression: A Comparative Analysis of the Uterine Transcriptome in Viviparous and Oviparous Lizards. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(10), 3226-3239. [More Information]
• Hewavisenti, R., Morris, K., O'Meally, D., Cheng, Y., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2016). The identification of immune genes in the milk transcriptome of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). PeerJ, 4, 1-23. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2016). Transmissible cancers in an evolutionary context. BioEssays, 38(S1), S14-S23. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2015). Characterization of antibody V segment diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 167(3-4), 156-167. [More Information]
• Barrs, V., Ujvari, B., Dhand, N., Peters, I., Talbot, J., Johnson, L., Billen, F., Martin, P., Beatty, J., Belov, K. (2015). Detection of Aspergillus-specific antibodies by agar gel double immunodiffusion and IgG ELISA in feline upper respiratory tract aspergillosis. The Veterinary Journal, 203, 285-289. [More Information]
• Wright, B., Morris, K., Grueber, C., Willet, C., Gooley, R., Hogg, C., O'Meally, D., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Wade, C., Belov, K. (2015). Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population. BMC Genomics, 16(791), 1-11. [More Information]
• Cui, J., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2015). Diversity in the Toll-like receptor genes of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 67(3), 195-201. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Prickett, M., Gutowska, W., Kuo, R., Belov, K., Burt, D. (2015). Evolution of the avian beta-defensin and cathelicidin genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(188), 1-17. [More Information]
• Grueber, C., Peel, E., Gooley, R., Belov, K. (2015). Genomic insights into a contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils. Trends in Genetics, 31(9), 528-535. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Cheng, Y., Warren, W., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2015). Identification and analysis of divergent immune gene families within the Tasmanian devil genome. BMC Genomics, 16(1), 1-12. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Mathew, M., Waugh, C., Ujvari, B., Timms, P., Polkinghorne, A., Belov, K. (2015). Identification, characterisation and expression analysis of natural killer receptor genes in Chlamydia pecorum infected koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). BMC Genomics, 16(796), 1-11. [More Information]
• Grueber, C., Hogg, C., Ivy, J., Belov, K. (2015). Impacts of early viability selection on management of inbreeding and genetic diversity in conservation. Molecular Ecology, 24, 1645-1653. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Wright, B., Grueber, C., Hogg, C., Belov, K. (2015). Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Molecular Ecology, 24, 3860-3872. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Grueber, C., Sutton, J., Howitt, R., Bishop, P., Gleeson, D., Belov, K. (2015). Selection on MHC class 11 supertypes in the New zealand endemic Hochstetter's frog. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(63), 1-11. [More Information]
• Cui, J., Frankham, G., Johnson, R., Polkinghorne, A., Timms, P., O'Meally, D., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2015). SNP Marker Discovery in Koala TLR Genes. PloS One, 10(3), 1-15. [More Information]
• Koepfli, K., Paten, B., O'Brien, S., Antunes, A., Belov, K. (2015). The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 3, 57-111.
• Jones, E., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2015). The origin, dynamics, and molecular evolution of transmissible cancers. Advances in Genomics and Genetics, 5, 317-326. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Fox, S., Pemberton, D., Hogg, C., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2015). The Tasmanian devil microbiome- implications for conservation and management. Microbiome, 3, 1-11. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2015). Transmissible cancers in an evolutionary context. Inside the Cell, 1(1), 17-25. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Swift, K., Hodson, P., Hua, B., Pyecroft, S., Taylor, R., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Belov, K., et al (2014). Anthropogenic selection enhances cancer evolution in Tasmanian devil tumours. Evolutionary Applications, 7(2), 260-265. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Shine, R., Belov, K. (2014). Characterisation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I in the Australian Cane Toad, Rhinella marina. PloS One, 9(8), 1-9. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2014). Characterisation of non-classical MHC class I genes in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 66(12), 727-735. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Kirby, K., Beatty, J., Barrs, V., Cattley, S., David, V., O'Brien, S., Menotti-Raymond, M., Belov, K. (2014). Development of MHC - linked microsatellite markers in the domestic cat and their use to evaluate MHC diversity in domestic cats, cheetahs and Gir lions. Journal of Heredity, 105(4), 493-505. [More Information]
• Howson, L., Morris, K., Kobayashi, T., Tovar, C., Kreiss, A., Papenfuss, A., Corcoran, L., Belov, K., Woods, G. (2014). Identification of Dendritic Cells, B Cell and T Cell Subsets in Tasmanian Devil Lymphoid Tissue; Evidence for Poor Immune Cell Infiltration into Devil Facial Tumors. The Anatomical Record, 297(5), 925-938. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Prentis, P., O'Meally, D., Pavasovic, A., Brown, A., Timms, P., Belov, K., Polkinghorne, A. (2014). The koala immunological toolkit: sequence identification and comparison of key markers of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) immune response. Australian Journal of Zoology, 62(3), 195-199. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2014). Tracing Monotreme Venom Evolution in the Genomics Era. Toxins, 6, 1260-1273. [More Information]
• Lau, Q., Jobbins, S., Belov, K., Higgins, D. (2013). Characterisation of four major histocompatibility complex class II genes of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Immunogenetics, 65, 37-46. [More Information]
• Herbert, C., Belov, K. (2013). Desmond Wishart Cooper: A life in science. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61(1), 1-3. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Belov, K. (2013). Does the devil facial tumor produce immunosuppressive cytokines as an immune evasion strategy ? Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 153(1-2), 159-164. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Nicol, S., Warren, W., Belov, K. (2013). Echidna Venom Gland Transcriptome Provides Insights into Evolution of Monotreme Venom. PloS One, 8(11), 1-7. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Peck, S., Harmsen, C., Taylor, R., Pyecroft, S., Madsen, T., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2013). Evolution of a contagagious cancer: epigenetic variation in Devil Facial Tumor Disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1750), 1-8. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Peck, S., Harmsen, C., Taylor, R., Pyecroft, S., Madsen, T., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2013). Evolution of a contagious cancer: epigenetic variation in Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1750), 1-8. [More Information]
• van der Kraan, L., Wong, E., Lo, N., Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2013). Identification of natural killer cell receptor genes in the genome of the marsupial Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 65(1), 25-35. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Austin, J., Belov, K. (2013). Low major histocompatibility complex diversity in the Tasmanian devil predates European settlement and may explain susceptibility to disease epidemics. Biology Letters, 9(1), 1-5. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Miller, R., Old, J., Young, L. (2013). Marsupial immunology bounding ahead. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61(1), 24-40. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Ujvari, B., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2013). Placental lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) Gene Expression in a Placentotrophic Lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 320(7), 465-470. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Kreiss, A., Tovar, C., Yuen, C., Cheng, Y., Belov, K., Swift, K., Pearse, A., Hamede, R., Jones, M., et al (2013). Reversible epigenetic down-regulation of MHC molecules by devil facial tumor disease illustrates immune escape by a contagious cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 110(13), 5103-5108. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Whittington, C., Warren, W., Belov, K. (2012). A Limited Role for Gene Duplications in the Evolution of Platypus venom. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29(1), 167-177. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Stuart, A., Morris, K., Taylor, R., Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Jones, M., Amemiya, C., Belov, K. (2012). Antigen-presenting genes and genomic copy number variations in the Tasmanian devil MHC. BMC Genomics, 13(87), 1-13. [More Information]
• Belov, K. (2012). Contagious cancer: Lessons from the Devil and the Dog. BioEssays, 34(4), 285-292. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Woodward, R., Sanderson, C., Eldridge, M., Belov, K. (2012). Diversity at the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class 11 in the Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Journal of Heredity, 103(4), 467-478. [More Information]
• Jobbins, S., Sanderson, C., Griffith, J., Krockenberger, M., Belov, K., Higgins, D. (2012). Diversity of MHC class II DAB1 in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(1), 1-9. [More Information]
• Pearse, A., Swift, K., Hodson, P., Hua, B., McCallum, H., Pyecroft, S., Taylor, R., Eldridge, M., Belov, K. (2012). Evolution in a transmissible cancer : a study of the chromosomal changes in devil facial tumor (DFT) as it spreads through the wild Tasmanian Devil population. Cancer Genetics, 205(3), 101-112. [More Information]
• Deakin, J., Bender, H., Pearse, A., Rens, W., O'Brien, P., Ferguson-Smith, M., Cheng, Y., Morris, K., Taylor, R., Belov, K., et al (2012). Genomic restructuring in the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour: Chromosome Painting and Gene Mapping Provide Clues to Evolution of a Transmissible Tumour. PLoS Genetics, 8(2), 1-16. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2012). Isolation and characterisation of 11 MHC-linked microsatellite loci in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(2), 463-465. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Sanderson, C., Jones, M., Belov, K. (2012). Low MHC class 11 diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 64(7), 525-533. [More Information]
• Young, L., Cross, M., Duckworth, J., Flenady, S., Belov, K. (2012). Molecular identification of interleukin - 2 in the lymphoid tissues of the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 36(1), 236-240. [More Information]
• Lane, A., Cheng, Y., Wright, B., Hamede, R., Levan, L., Jones, M., Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2012). New Insights into the Role of MHC Diversity in Devil Facial Tumour Disease. PloS One, 7(6), 1-9. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Morgenstern, D., Mofiz, E., Gombert, S., Morris, K., Temple-Smith, P., Renfree, M., Whittington, C., King, G., Warren, W., Belov, K., et al (2012). Proteomics and deep sequencing comparison of seasonally active venom glands in the platypus reveals novel venom peptides and distinct expression profiles. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 11(11), 1354-1364. [More Information]
• Hamede, R., Lachish, S., Belov, K., Woods, G., Kreiss, A., Pearse, A., Lazenby, B., Jones, M., McCallum, H. (2012). Reduced Effect of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease at the Disease Front. Conservation Biology, 26(1), 124-134. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Taylor, R., Pyecroft, S., Flanagan, C., Gombert, S., Papenfuss, A., Madsen, T., Belov, K. (2012). Telomere Dynamics and Homeostatis in a Transmissible Cancer. PloS One, 7(8), 1-8. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Belov, K. (2012). Venom evolution through gene duplications. Gene, 496(1), 1-7. [More Information]
• Wang, C., Deakin, J., Rens, W., Zenger, K., Belov, K., Marshall Graves, J., Nicholas, F. (2011). A first-generation integrated tammar wallaby map and its use in creating a tammar wallaby first-generation virtual genome map. BMC Genomics, 12, 1-12. [More Information]
• Kreiss, A., Cheng, Y., Kimble, F., Wells, B., Donovan, S., Belov, K., Woods, G. (2011). Allorecognition in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an Endangered Marsupial Species with Limited Genetic Diversity. PloS One, 6(7), 1-10. [More Information]
• Wang, J., Wong, E., Whitley, J., Li, J., Stringer, J., Short, K., Renfree, M., Belov, K., Cocks, B. (2011). Ancient Antimicrobial Peptides Kill Antibiotic-resistant Pathogens: Australian Mammals Provide New Options. PloS One, 6(8), 1-8. [More Information]
• Renfree, M., Papenfuss, A., Deakin, J., Lindsay, J., Heider, T., Belov, K., Rens, W., Waters, P., Pharo, E., Shaw, G., Wong, E., Zenger, K., Wang, C., Nicholas, F., Siddle, H., Wu, C., Kuczek, E. (2011). Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii , provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development. Genome Biology, 12(8), 1-25. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2011). Genomic Identification of Chemokines and Cytokines in Opossum. Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, 31(3), 1-14. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2011). Immunome database for marsupials and monotremes. BMC Immunology, 12, 48. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2011). Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Markers in Conservation Biology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12, 5168-5186. [More Information]
• Belov, K. (2011). The role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the spread of contagious cancers. Mammalian Genome, 22(42767), 83-90. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Coggill, P., Whilming, L., Harrow, J., Kaufman, J., Beck, S., Belov, K. (2011). The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability. BMC Genomics, 12, 1-15. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Heger, A., Hsu, A., Ponting, C., Miller, R., Fenelon, J., Renfree, M., Gibbs, R., Belov, K. (2011). Transcriptomic analysis supports similar functional roles for the two thymuses of the Tammar wallaby. BMC Genomics, 12, 1-12. [More Information]
• Vernersson, M., Belov, K., Aveskogh, M., Hellman, L. (2010). Cloning and Structural Analysis of two Highly Divergent IgA Isotypes, IgA1 and IgA2 from the Duck Billed Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Molecular Immunology, 47, 785-791. [More Information]
• Murphy, B., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2010). Evolution of viviparity and uterine angiogenesis: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in oviparous and viviparous skinks. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 314 B(2), 148-156. [More Information]
• Koh, J., Haynes, L., Belov, K., Kuchel, P. (2010). L-to-D-peptide isomerase in male echidna venom. Australian Journal of Zoology, 58, 284-288. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Marzec, J., Cheng, Y., Jones, M., Belov, K. (2010). MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: implications for the spread of a contagious cancer. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277(1690), 2001-2006. [More Information]
• Smith, S., Belov, K., Hughes, J. (2010). MHC screening for marsupial conservation: extremely low levels of class II diversity indicate population vulnerability for an endangered Australian marsupial. Conservation Genetics, 11(1), 269-278. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Locke, D., Mardis, E., Wilson, R., Abubucker, S., Mitreva, M., Wong, E., Hsu, A., Kuchel, P., Belov, K., et al (2010). Novel venom gene discovery in the platypus. Genome Biology, 11(9), 1-13. [More Information]
• Belov, K. (2010). The role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the spread of contagious cancers. Mammalian Genome, 22(1), 83-90. [More Information]
• Yuasa, H., Ball, H., Ho, Y., Austin, C., Whittington, C., Belov, K., Maghzal, G., Jermiin, L., Hunt, N. (2009). Characterization and evolution of vertebrate indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenases (IDOs) from monotremes and marsupials. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 153(2), 137-144. [More Information]
• Cao, H., de Bono, B., Belov, K., Wong, E., Trowsdale, J., Barrow, A. (2009). Comparative genomics indicates the mammalian CD33rSiglec locus evolved by an ancient large-scale inverse duplication and suggests all Siglecs share a common ancestral region. Immunogenetics, 61(5), 401-417. [More Information]
• Murphy, B., Thompson, M., Belov, K. (2009). Evolution of viviparity and the maternal immune system: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes in skinks. Orbit: University of Sydney Undergraduate Research Journal, 1(1), 1-17.
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Miller, R., Belov, K. (2009). Hatching time for monotreme immunology. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 185-198. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Siddle, H., Beck, S., Eldridge, M., Belov, K. (2009). High levels of genetic variation at MHC class II DBB loci in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Immunogenetics, 61(2), 111-118. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Sanderson, C., Deakin, J., Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2009). Identification of natural killer cell receptor clusters in the platypus genome reveals an expansion of C-type lectin genes. Immunogenetics, 61, 565-579. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Wakefield, M., Siddle, H., Coggill, P., Herbert, C., Beck, S., Belov, K., Eldridge, M. (2009). Isolation and characterization of 10 MHC Class I-associated microsatellite loci in tammar wallaby (macropus eugenii). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(1), 346-349. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Coggill, P., Hart, E., Cheng, Y., Wong, E., Harrow, J., Beck, S., Belov, K. (2009). MHC-linked and un-linked class I genes in the wallaby. BMC Genomics, 10, 310-1-310-15. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Sharp, J., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2009). No evidence of expression of Two Classes of Natural Antibiotics (cathelicidins and defensins) in a sample of Platypus Milk. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 211-217. [More Information]
• Zhao, Y., Cui, H., Whittington, C., Wei, Z., Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Yu, L., Ren, L., Hu, X., Zhang, Y., Belov, K., et al (2009). Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus) Links the Evolution of Immunoglobulin Genes in Eutherian Mammals and Nonmammalian Tetrapods. The Journal of Immunology, 183(2), 3285-3293. [More Information]
• Sanderson, C., Belov, K., Deakin, J. (2009). Physical Mapping of Immune Genes in the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, , 1-5. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2009). Platypus venom genes expressed in non-venom tissues. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 199-202. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Koh, J., Warren, W., Papenfuss, A., Torres, A., Kuchel, P., Belov, K. (2009). Understanding and utilising mammalian venom via a platypus venom transcriptome. Journal of Proteomics, 72(2), 155-164. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Bansal, P., Torres, A., Wong, E., Deakin, J., Graves, T., Alsop, A., Schatzkamer, K., Kremitzki, C., Kuchel, P., Belov, K., et al (2008). Defensins and the convergent evolution of platypus and reptile venom genes. Genome Research, 18(6), 986-994. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Kuchel, P., Belov, K. (2008). Expression patterns of Platypus defensin and related venom genes across a range of tissue types reveal the possibility of broader functions for OvDLPs than previously suspected. Toxicon, 52, 559-565. [More Information]
• Warren, W., Hillier, L., Marshall Graves, J., Birney, E., Ponting, C., Grutzner, F., Belov, K., Miller, W., Clarke, L., Chinwalla, A., Whittington, C., Wong, E., et al (2008). Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution. Nature, 453, 175-184. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Sanderson, C., Belov, K. (2007). Characterization of major histocompatability complex class 1 and class 11 genes from the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 59, 753-760. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Sanderson, C., Deakin, J., Wong, E., Assange, D., McColl, K., Gout, A., de Bono, B., Barrow, A., Speed, T., et al (2007). Characterization of the opossum immune genome provides insights into the evolution of the mammalian immune system. Genome Research, 17(7), 982-991. [More Information]
• Deakin, J., Siddle, H., Cross, J., Belov, K., Graves, J. (2007). Class 1 genes have split from the MHC in the tammar wallaby. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 116(3), 205-211. [More Information]
• Mikkelsen, T., Wakefield, M., Aken, B., Amemiya, C., Chang, J., Duke, S., Garber, M., Gentles, A., Goodstadt, L., Heger, A., Belov, K. (2007). Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences. Nature, 447(10 May 2007), 167-178. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2007). Platypus venom: a review. Australian Mammalogy, 29(1), 57-62.
• Woods, G., Kreiss, A., Belov, K., Siddle, H., Obendorf, D., Muller, H. (2007). The Immune Response of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and Devil Facial Tumour Disease. EcoHealth, 4(3), 338-345. [More Information]
• Pyecroft, S., Pearse, A., Loh, R., Swift, K., Belov, K., Fox, N., Noonan, E., Hayes, D., Hyatt, A., Wang, L., et al (2007). Towards a Case Definition for Devil Facial Tumour Disease: What Is It? EcoHealth, 4(3), 346-351. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Kreiss, A., Eldridge, M., Noonan, E., Clarke, C., Pyecroft, S., Woods, G., Belov, K. (2007). Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 104(41), 16221-16226. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Kreiss, A., Eldridge, M., Noonan, E., Clarke, C., Pyecroft, S., Woods, G., Belov, K. (2007). Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 104(41), 16221-16226. [More Information]
• Torres, A., Tsampazi, C., Kennett, E., Belov, K., Geraghty, D., Bansal, P., Alewood, P., Kuchel, P. (2006). Characterization and isolation of L-to-D-amino-acid-residue isomerase from Platypus venom. Amino Acids, 32(1), 63-68. [More Information]
• Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K., Cross, J., Coggill, P., Palmer, S., Sims, S., Speed, T., Beck, S., Graves, J. (2006). Evolution and comparative analysis of the MHC Class 111 inflammatory region. BMC Genomics, 7(281), 1-14. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Young, L., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2006). In silico identification of the opossum cytokine genes suggests the complexity of the marsupial immune system rivals that of eutherian mammals. Immunome Research, 2(4), doi:10.1186/1745-7580-2-4 - 1-doi:10.1186/1745-7580-2-4 - 16. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Baker, M., Miller, R., Belov, K. (2006). Isolation of major histocompatibility complex Class I genes from the tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Immunogenetics, 58(5-6), 487-493. [More Information]
• Torres, A., Tsampazi, M., Tsampazi, C., Kennett, E., Belov, K., Geraghty, D., Bansal, P., Alewood, P., Kuchel, P. (2006). Mammalian L-to-D-amino-acid-residue isomerase from platypus venom. FEBS Letters, 580(6), 1587-1591. [More Information]
• Miller, H., Belov, K., Daugherty, C. (2006). MHC class I genes in the tuatara (Sphenodon spp.): Evolution of the MHC in an ancient reptilian order. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(5), 949-956. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Baker, M., Melman, S., Siddle, H., Gouin, N., Goode, D., Sargaent, T., Robinson, M., et al (2006). Reconstructing an Ancestral Mammalian Immune Supercomplex from a Marsupial Major Histocompatibility Complex. PLoS Biology, 4(3), 0317-0328. [More Information]
• Papenfuss, A., Belov, K., Deakin, J., Speed, T., Graves, J., Miller, R. (2005). Annotation of the Opossum Major Histocompatibility Complex and Analysis of Conserved Non-coding Regions. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 508-508.
• Miller, H., Belov, K., Daugherty, C. (2005). Characterization of MHC class 11 genes from an ancient reptile linage, Sphenodon (tuatara). Immunogenetics, 57(11), 883-891. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Belov, K. (2005). Class I MHC genes in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) are dispersed throughout the genome. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 542.
• Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Cross, J., Belov, K., Coggill, P., Palmer, S., Sims, S., Beck, S., Graves, J. (2005). Comparative analysis and evolution of the MHC class III region. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 395-395.
• Liu, Y., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2005). Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Genes in Opossum Genome. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 358.
• Deakin, J., Belov, K., Curach, N., Green, P., Cooper, D. (2005). High levels of variability in immune response using antigens from two reproductive proteins in brushtail possums. Wildlife Research, 32(1), 1-6. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2005). In-silico mining of the opossum genome for cytokine genes. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 358-358.
• Belov, K., Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Graves, J., Miller, R. (2005). The Immune Supercomplex: insights from the opossum MHC. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 359-359.
• Baker, M., Belov, K., Miller, R. (2005). Unusually similar patterns of antibody V segment diversity in distantly related marsupials. The Journal of Immunology, 174(9), 5665-5671.
• Belov, K., Miller, R., Ilijeski, A., Hellman, L., Harrison, G. (2004). Isolation of monotreme T cell receptor alpha and beta chains. Immunogenetics, 56(3), 164-169.
• Belov, K., Lam, M., Colgan, D. (2004). Marsupial MHC class II β genes are not ortholgous to the eutherian β gene families. Journal of Heredity, 95(4), 338-345. [More Information]
• Browning, T., Belov, K., Miller, R., Eldridge, M. (2004). Molecular cloning and characterisation of the polymorphic MHC class II DBB from the tammar wallaby. Immunogenetics, 55(11), 791-795. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Lam, M., Hellman, L., Colgan, D. (2003). Evolution of the major histocompatibility complex: Isolation of class II ß cDNAs from two monotremes, the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. Immunogenetics, 55(6), 402-411. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Hellman, L. (2003). Immunoglobulin genetics of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus) and Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 136(4), 811-819. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Hellman, L. (2003). Platypus immunoglobulin M and the divergence of the two extant monotreme lineages. Australian Mammalogy, 25(1), 87-94.
• Rawson, R., Belov, K., Gidley-Baird, A., Cooper, D. (2002). Characterisation of antisera to recombinant IgA of the common brushtail possum. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 88(1-2), 89-95.
• Belov, K., Hellman, L., Cooper, D. (2002). Characterisation of echidna IgM provides insights into the time of divergence of extant mammals. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 26(9), 831-839. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Hellman, L., Cooper, D. (2002). Characterisation of immunoglobulin gamma 1 from a monotreme. Immunogenetics, 53(12), 1065-1071.
• Belov, K., Harrison, G., Miller, R., Cooper, D. (2002). Molecular cloning of four lambda light chain cDNAs from the Australian brushtail possum. International Journal of Immunogenetics, 29(2), 95-99.
• Belov, K., Nguyen, M., Zenger, K., Cooper, D. (2002). Ontogeny of immunoglobulin expression in the brushtail possum. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 26(7), 599-602.
• Belov, K., Zenger, K., Hellman, L., Cooper, D. (2001). Echidna IgA supports mammalian unity and traditional Therian relationship. Mammalian Genome.

Conferences

• Lillie, M., Shine, R., Belov, K. (2013). Characterisation of major Histocompatibility Complex class 1 in the Australian Cane toad, Rhinella marina. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Cui, J., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2013). Characterisation of the toll-like receptors genes in the Thsmanian devil,Sarcophilus harrisii. Genetics Society of Australia Inc Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: UNSW.
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Moran, C., Warren, W., Belov, K. (2013). Evolution of venom: gene discovery in the platypus. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2013). Gene expression and the evolution of placental functions in reptiles. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Morris, K., Austin, J., Belov, K. (2013). Low MHC diversity in the Tasmanian devil pre-dates European settlement. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Madsen, T., Belov, K. (2013). The evolution of a contagious cancer, the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Genetics Society of Australia Inc Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: UNSW.
• McKenna, J., Belov, K., Griffith, O., Thompson, M. (2013). Using lizards to investigate the genetic mechanisms controlling uterine angiogenesis during live birth: consequences for cancer. Genetics Society of Australia Inc Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: UNSW.
• Wright, B., Willet, C., Hogg, C., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Wade, C., Belov, K. (2013). Using next generation sequencing to develop a genotyping assay for the Tasmanian devil. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Morris, K., Austin, J., Belov, K. (2012). Low MHC diversity in the tasmanian devil pre-dates European settlement. 33rd Conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
• Morris, K., Beatty, J., Cattley, S., Menotti-Raymond, M., O'Brien, S., Belov, K. (2009). Assessing diversity of the MHC in the domestic cat, cheetah and Gir lion using MHC linked microsatellite marker. Genetics Society of AustralAsia 2009 Conference (GSA 2009), Australia: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Jobbins, S., Sanderson, C., Higgins, D., Krockenberger, M., Belov, K. (2007). An investigation of MHC diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Genetics Society of AustralAsia 54th Annual Conference, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Hemsley, S., Krockenberger, M., Belov, K., Canfield, P., Carter, D., Govendir, M., Griffith, J., Higgins, D., Jobbins, S., Malik, R., Saul, N., et al (2006). Update on Koala Research at the University of Sydney. Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section) Annual Meeting 2008, Australia: Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section).

Report

• Morris, K., O'Meally, D., Zaw, T., Song, X., Gillett, A., Molloy, M., Polkinghorne, A., Belov, K. (2016). Characterisation of the immune compounds in koala milk using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach.

Other

• Temple -Smith, P., Graves, J., Grutzner, F., Deakin, J., Renfree, M., Belov, K., Miller, R., Jirtle, R., Lindblad-Toh, K., Lander, E., et al (2004), A proposal to sequence the genome of the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.

2017

• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2017). Antimicrobial Protection of Marsupial Pouch Young. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1-8. [More Information]
• Jones, E., Cheng, Y., O'Meally, D., Belov, K. (2017). Characterization of the antimicrobial peptide family defensins in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), and tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Immunogenetics, 69(3), 133-143. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Whittington, C., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2017). Comparative genomics of hormonal signaling in the chorioallantoic membrane of oviparous and viviparous amniotes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 19-29. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Whittington, C., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2017). Comparative genomics of hormonal signaling in the chorioallantoic membrane of oviparous and viviparous amniotes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 19-29. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Belov, K. (2017). Immune-endocrine interactions in marsupials and monotremes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 178-185. [More Information]
• Grueber, C., Reid-Wainscoat, E., Fox, S., Belov, K., Shier, D., Hogg, C., Pemberton, D. (2017). Increasing generations in captivity is associated with increased vulnerability of Tasmanian devils to vehicle strike following release to the wild. Scientific Reports, 7, 2161. [More Information]
• Tovar, C., Pye, R., Kreiss, A., Cheng, Y., Brown, G., Darby, J., Malley, R., Siddle, H., Skjodt, K., Kaufman, J., Belov, K., et al (2017). Regression of devil facial tumour disease following immunotherapy in immunised Tasmanian devils. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-15. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Heasman, K., Peck, S., Peel, E., Gooley, R., Papenfuss, A., Hogg, C., Belov, K. (2017). Significant decline in anticancer immune capacity during puberty in the Tasmanian devil. Scientific Reports, 7, 44716. [More Information]
• Hendrawan, K., Whittington, C., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2017). The Regulation of Uterine Proinflammatory Gene Expression during Pregnancy in the Live-Bearing Lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 328B, 334-346. [More Information]
• Wright, B., Willet, C., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Belov, K., Wade, C. (2017). Variants in the host genome may inhibit tumour growth in devil facial tumours: evidence from genomewide association. Open Access Scientific Reports, 7(1), 423. [More Information]
• Hogg, C., Grueber, C., Pemberton, D., Fox, S., Lee, A., Ivy, J., Belov, K. (2017). �Devil Tools & Tech�: A Synergy of Conservation Research and Management Practice. Conservation Letters, 10(1), 133-138. [More Information]

2016

• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2016). Allelic expression of mammalian imprinted genes in a matrotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Development Genes and Evolution, 226(2), 79-85. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Cheng, Y., Djordjevic, J., Fox, S., Sorrell, T., Belov, K. (2016). Cathelicidins in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Scientific Reports, 6, 1-9. [More Information]
• Morris, K., O'Meally, D., Zaw, T., Song, X., Gillett, A., Molloy, M., Polkinghorne, A., Belov, K. (2016). Characterisation of the immune compounds in koala milk using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach. Scientific Reports, 6, 1-14. [More Information]
• Morris, K., O'Meally, D., Zaw, T., Song, X., Gillett, A., Molloy, M., Polkinghorne, A., Belov, K. (2016). Characterisation of the immune compounds in koala milk using a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach.
• Brennan, A., Donahoe, S., Beatty, J., Belov, K., Lindsay, S., Briscoe, K., Slapeta, J., Barrs, V. (2016). Comparison of genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats from Australia with latent infection or clinical toxoplasmosis. Veterinary Parasitology, 228, 13-16. [More Information]
• Ng, H., Tachedjian, M., Deakin, J., Wynne, J., Cui, J., Haring, V., Broz, I., Chen, H., Belov, K., Wang, L., et al (2016). Evolution and comparative analysis of the bat MHC-I region. Scientific Reports, 6, 1-18. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Hamede, R., Peck, S., Pemberton, D., Jones, M., Belov, K., Madsen, T. (2016). Immunoglubolin dynamics and cancer prevalence in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Scientific Reports, 6, 1-5. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Cui, J., Shine, R., Belov, K. (2016). Molecular characterization of MHC class II in the Australian invasive cane toad reveals multiple splice variants. Immunogenetics, 68(6-7), 449-460. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2016). Reptile Pregnancy Is Underpinned by Complex Changes in Uterine Gene Expression: A Comparative Analysis of the Uterine Transcriptome in Viviparous and Oviparous Lizards. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(10), 3226-3239. [More Information]
• Hewavisenti, R., Morris, K., O'Meally, D., Cheng, Y., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2016). The identification of immune genes in the milk transcriptome of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). PeerJ, 4, 1-23. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Belov, K. (2016). The Immune System of Monotremes and Marsupials. In Ratcliffe, M.J.H. (Eds.), The Immune System of Monotremes and Marsupials, (pp. 504-514). Oxford UK: Elsevier.
• Ujvari, B., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2016). Transmissible cancers in an evolutionary context. BioEssays, 38(S1), S14-S23. [More Information]

2015

• Morris, K., Belov, K. (2015). Cancer Immunology of Transmissible Cancers. In Nima Rezaei (Eds.), Cancer Immunology: A Translational Medicine Context, (pp. 419-428). Berlin: Springer. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2015). Characterization of antibody V segment diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 167(3-4), 156-167. [More Information]
• Barrs, V., Ujvari, B., Dhand, N., Peters, I., Talbot, J., Johnson, L., Billen, F., Martin, P., Beatty, J., Belov, K. (2015). Detection of Aspergillus-specific antibodies by agar gel double immunodiffusion and IgG ELISA in feline upper respiratory tract aspergillosis. The Veterinary Journal, 203, 285-289. [More Information]
• Wright, B., Morris, K., Grueber, C., Willet, C., Gooley, R., Hogg, C., O'Meally, D., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Wade, C., Belov, K. (2015). Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population. BMC Genomics, 16(791), 1-11. [More Information]
• Cui, J., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2015). Diversity in the Toll-like receptor genes of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 67(3), 195-201. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Prickett, M., Gutowska, W., Kuo, R., Belov, K., Burt, D. (2015). Evolution of the avian beta-defensin and cathelicidin genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(188), 1-17. [More Information]
• Grueber, C., Peel, E., Gooley, R., Belov, K. (2015). Genomic insights into a contagious cancer in Tasmanian devils. Trends in Genetics, 31(9), 528-535. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Cheng, Y., Warren, W., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2015). Identification and analysis of divergent immune gene families within the Tasmanian devil genome. BMC Genomics, 16(1), 1-12. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Mathew, M., Waugh, C., Ujvari, B., Timms, P., Polkinghorne, A., Belov, K. (2015). Identification, characterisation and expression analysis of natural killer receptor genes in Chlamydia pecorum infected koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). BMC Genomics, 16(796), 1-11. [More Information]
• Grueber, C., Hogg, C., Ivy, J., Belov, K. (2015). Impacts of early viability selection on management of inbreeding and genetic diversity in conservation. Molecular Ecology, 24, 1645-1653. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Wright, B., Grueber, C., Hogg, C., Belov, K. (2015). Lack of genetic diversity across diverse immune genes in an endangered mammal, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Molecular Ecology, 24, 3860-3872. [More Information]
• Wright, B., Lillie, M., Belov, K. (2015). Marsupials and Monotremes in the Genomics Era. In Athol Klieve, Lindsay Hogan, Stephen Johnson, Peter Murray (Eds.), Marsupials and Monotremes Nature's Enigmatic Mammals, (pp. 33-52). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Lillie, M., Grueber, C., Sutton, J., Howitt, R., Bishop, P., Gleeson, D., Belov, K. (2015). Selection on MHC class 11 supertypes in the New zealand endemic Hochstetter's frog. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(63), 1-11. [More Information]
• Cui, J., Frankham, G., Johnson, R., Polkinghorne, A., Timms, P., O'Meally, D., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2015). SNP Marker Discovery in Koala TLR Genes. PloS One, 10(3), 1-15. [More Information]
• Koepfli, K., Paten, B., O'Brien, S., Antunes, A., Belov, K. (2015). The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 3, 57-111.
• Jones, E., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2015). The origin, dynamics, and molecular evolution of transmissible cancers. Advances in Genomics and Genetics, 5, 317-326. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Fox, S., Pemberton, D., Hogg, C., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2015). The Tasmanian devil microbiome- implications for conservation and management. Microbiome, 3, 1-11. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2015). Transmissible cancers in an evolutionary context. Inside the Cell, 1(1), 17-25. [More Information]

2014

• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Swift, K., Hodson, P., Hua, B., Pyecroft, S., Taylor, R., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Belov, K., et al (2014). Anthropogenic selection enhances cancer evolution in Tasmanian devil tumours. Evolutionary Applications, 7(2), 260-265. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Shine, R., Belov, K. (2014). Characterisation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I in the Australian Cane Toad, Rhinella marina. PloS One, 9(8), 1-9. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2014). Characterisation of non-classical MHC class I genes in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 66(12), 727-735. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Kirby, K., Beatty, J., Barrs, V., Cattley, S., David, V., O'Brien, S., Menotti-Raymond, M., Belov, K. (2014). Development of MHC - linked microsatellite markers in the domestic cat and their use to evaluate MHC diversity in domestic cats, cheetahs and Gir lions. Journal of Heredity, 105(4), 493-505. [More Information]
• Howson, L., Morris, K., Kobayashi, T., Tovar, C., Kreiss, A., Papenfuss, A., Corcoran, L., Belov, K., Woods, G. (2014). Identification of Dendritic Cells, B Cell and T Cell Subsets in Tasmanian Devil Lymphoid Tissue; Evidence for Poor Immune Cell Infiltration into Devil Facial Tumors. The Anatomical Record, 297(5), 925-938. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Prentis, P., O'Meally, D., Pavasovic, A., Brown, A., Timms, P., Belov, K., Polkinghorne, A. (2014). The koala immunological toolkit: sequence identification and comparison of key markers of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) immune response. Australian Journal of Zoology, 62(3), 195-199. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2014). The Platypus: A Venomous Mammal. In P. Gopalakrishnakone, Juan J. Calvete (Eds.), Toxinology: Venom Genomics and Proteomics, (pp. 1-13). Dordrecht: Springer. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2014). Tracing Monotreme Venom Evolution in the Genomics Era. Toxins, 6, 1260-1273. [More Information]

2013

• Lau, Q., Jobbins, S., Belov, K., Higgins, D. (2013). Characterisation of four major histocompatibility complex class II genes of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Immunogenetics, 65, 37-46. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Shine, R., Belov, K. (2013). Characterisation of major Histocompatibility Complex class 1 in the Australian Cane toad, Rhinella marina. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Cui, J., Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2013). Characterisation of the toll-like receptors genes in the Thsmanian devil,Sarcophilus harrisii. Genetics Society of Australia Inc Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: UNSW.
• Herbert, C., Belov, K. (2013). Desmond Wishart Cooper: A life in science. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61(1), 1-3. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Belov, K. (2013). Does the devil facial tumor produce immunosuppressive cytokines as an immune evasion strategy ? Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 153(1-2), 159-164. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Nicol, S., Warren, W., Belov, K. (2013). Echidna Venom Gland Transcriptome Provides Insights into Evolution of Monotreme Venom. PloS One, 8(11), 1-7. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Peck, S., Harmsen, C., Taylor, R., Pyecroft, S., Madsen, T., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2013). Evolution of a contagagious cancer: epigenetic variation in Devil Facial Tumor Disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1750), 1-8. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Peck, S., Harmsen, C., Taylor, R., Pyecroft, S., Madsen, T., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2013). Evolution of a contagious cancer: epigenetic variation in Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1750), 1-8. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Moran, C., Warren, W., Belov, K. (2013). Evolution of venom: gene discovery in the platypus. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Griffith, O., Brandley, M., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2013). Gene expression and the evolution of placental functions in reptiles. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• van der Kraan, L., Wong, E., Lo, N., Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2013). Identification of natural killer cell receptor genes in the genome of the marsupial Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 65(1), 25-35. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Austin, J., Belov, K. (2013). Low major histocompatibility complex diversity in the Tasmanian devil predates European settlement and may explain susceptibility to disease epidemics. Biology Letters, 9(1), 1-5. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Austin, J., Belov, K. (2013). Low MHC diversity in the Tasmanian devil pre-dates European settlement. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Belov, K., Miller, R., Old, J., Young, L. (2013). Marsupial immunology bounding ahead. Australian Journal of Zoology, 61(1), 24-40. [More Information]
• Griffith, O., Ujvari, B., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2013). Placental lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) Gene Expression in a Placentotrophic Lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 320(7), 465-470. [More Information]
• Peel, E., Jones, E., Belov, K., Cheng, Y. (2013). Protection in the pouch: antimicrobial peptides in marsupials and monotremes. In A. Méndez-Vilas (Eds.), Microbial pathogens and strategies for combating them: science, technology and education, (pp. 1247-1256). Badajoz, Spain: Formatex Press.
• Siddle, H., Kreiss, A., Tovar, C., Yuen, C., Cheng, Y., Belov, K., Swift, K., Pearse, A., Hamede, R., Jones, M., et al (2013). Reversible epigenetic down-regulation of MHC molecules by devil facial tumor disease illustrates immune escape by a contagious cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 110(13), 5103-5108. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Madsen, T., Belov, K. (2013). The evolution of a contagious cancer, the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Genetics Society of Australia Inc Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: UNSW.
• McKenna, J., Belov, K., Griffith, O., Thompson, M. (2013). Using lizards to investigate the genetic mechanisms controlling uterine angiogenesis during live birth: consequences for cancer. Genetics Society of Australia Inc Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: UNSW.
• Wright, B., Willet, C., Hogg, C., Hamede, R., Jones, M., Wade, C., Belov, K. (2013). Using next generation sequencing to develop a genotyping assay for the Tasmanian devil. Genetics Society of AustralAsia Inc Annual Conference Sydney - Genetics in the Harbour City, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.

2012

• Deakin, J., Belov, K. (2012). A Comparative Genomics Approach to Understanding Transmissible Cancer in Tasmanian Devils. In A.Chakravarti and E. Green (Eds.), Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, (pp. 207-222). Palo Alto, USA: Annual Reviews.
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Whittington, C., Warren, W., Belov, K. (2012). A Limited Role for Gene Duplications in the Evolution of Platypus venom. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29(1), 167-177. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Stuart, A., Morris, K., Taylor, R., Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Jones, M., Amemiya, C., Belov, K. (2012). Antigen-presenting genes and genomic copy number variations in the Tasmanian devil MHC. BMC Genomics, 13(87), 1-13. [More Information]
• Belov, K. (2012). Contagious cancer: Lessons from the Devil and the Dog. BioEssays, 34(4), 285-292. [More Information]
• Lillie, M., Woodward, R., Sanderson, C., Eldridge, M., Belov, K. (2012). Diversity at the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class 11 in the Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Journal of Heredity, 103(4), 467-478. [More Information]
• Jobbins, S., Sanderson, C., Griffith, J., Krockenberger, M., Belov, K., Higgins, D. (2012). Diversity of MHC class II DAB1 in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Journal of Zoology, 60(1), 1-9. [More Information]
• Pearse, A., Swift, K., Hodson, P., Hua, B., McCallum, H., Pyecroft, S., Taylor, R., Eldridge, M., Belov, K. (2012). Evolution in a transmissible cancer : a study of the chromosomal changes in devil facial tumor (DFT) as it spreads through the wild Tasmanian Devil population. Cancer Genetics, 205(3), 101-112. [More Information]
• Deakin, J., Bender, H., Pearse, A., Rens, W., O'Brien, P., Ferguson-Smith, M., Cheng, Y., Morris, K., Taylor, R., Belov, K., et al (2012). Genomic restructuring in the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour: Chromosome Painting and Gene Mapping Provide Clues to Evolution of a Transmissible Tumour. PLoS Genetics, 8(2), 1-16. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2012). Isolation and characterisation of 11 MHC-linked microsatellite loci in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(2), 463-465. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Sanderson, C., Jones, M., Belov, K. (2012). Low MHC class 11 diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 64(7), 525-533. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Austin, J., Belov, K. (2012). Low MHC diversity in the tasmanian devil pre-dates European settlement. 33rd Conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
• Cheng, Y., Belov, K. (2012). MHC Diversity and Wildlife Health: Lessons from Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease. In NV Semiletova (Eds.), Major Histocompatibility Complex: Biology, Functions and Roles in Disease, (pp. 43-54). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
• Young, L., Cross, M., Duckworth, J., Flenady, S., Belov, K. (2012). Molecular identification of interleukin - 2 in the lymphoid tissues of the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 36(1), 236-240. [More Information]
• Lane, A., Cheng, Y., Wright, B., Hamede, R., Levan, L., Jones, M., Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2012). New Insights into the Role of MHC Diversity in Devil Facial Tumour Disease. PloS One, 7(6), 1-9. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Morgenstern, D., Mofiz, E., Gombert, S., Morris, K., Temple-Smith, P., Renfree, M., Whittington, C., King, G., Warren, W., Belov, K., et al (2012). Proteomics and deep sequencing comparison of seasonally active venom glands in the platypus reveals novel venom peptides and distinct expression profiles. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 11(11), 1354-1364. [More Information]
• Hamede, R., Lachish, S., Belov, K., Woods, G., Kreiss, A., Pearse, A., Lazenby, B., Jones, M., McCallum, H. (2012). Reduced Effect of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease at the Disease Front. Conservation Biology, 26(1), 124-134. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Pearse, A., Taylor, R., Pyecroft, S., Flanagan, C., Gombert, S., Papenfuss, A., Madsen, T., Belov, K. (2012). Telomere Dynamics and Homeostatis in a Transmissible Cancer. PloS One, 7(8), 1-8. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Belov, K. (2012). Venom evolution through gene duplications. Gene, 496(1), 1-7. [More Information]

2011

• Wang, C., Deakin, J., Rens, W., Zenger, K., Belov, K., Marshall Graves, J., Nicholas, F. (2011). A first-generation integrated tammar wallaby map and its use in creating a tammar wallaby first-generation virtual genome map. BMC Genomics, 12, 1-12. [More Information]
• Kreiss, A., Cheng, Y., Kimble, F., Wells, B., Donovan, S., Belov, K., Woods, G. (2011). Allorecognition in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an Endangered Marsupial Species with Limited Genetic Diversity. PloS One, 6(7), 1-10. [More Information]
• Wang, J., Wong, E., Whitley, J., Li, J., Stringer, J., Short, K., Renfree, M., Belov, K., Cocks, B. (2011). Ancient Antimicrobial Peptides Kill Antibiotic-resistant Pathogens: Australian Mammals Provide New Options. PloS One, 6(8), 1-8. [More Information]
• Renfree, M., Papenfuss, A., Deakin, J., Lindsay, J., Heider, T., Belov, K., Rens, W., Waters, P., Pharo, E., Shaw, G., Wong, E., Zenger, K., Wang, C., Nicholas, F., Siddle, H., Wu, C., Kuczek, E. (2011). Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii , provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development. Genome Biology, 12(8), 1-25. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2011). Genomic Identification of Chemokines and Cytokines in Opossum. Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, 31(3), 1-14. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2011). Immunome database for marsupials and monotremes. BMC Immunology, 12, 48. [More Information]
• Ujvari, B., Belov, K. (2011). Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Markers in Conservation Biology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12, 5168-5186. [More Information]
• Belov, K. (2011). The role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the spread of contagious cancers. Mammalian Genome, 22(42767), 83-90. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Coggill, P., Whilming, L., Harrow, J., Kaufman, J., Beck, S., Belov, K. (2011). The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability. BMC Genomics, 12, 1-15. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Heger, A., Hsu, A., Ponting, C., Miller, R., Fenelon, J., Renfree, M., Gibbs, R., Belov, K. (2011). Transcriptomic analysis supports similar functional roles for the two thymuses of the Tammar wallaby. BMC Genomics, 12, 1-12. [More Information]

2010

• Vernersson, M., Belov, K., Aveskogh, M., Hellman, L. (2010). Cloning and Structural Analysis of two Highly Divergent IgA Isotypes, IgA1 and IgA2 from the Duck Billed Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Molecular Immunology, 47, 785-791. [More Information]
• Murphy, B., Belov, K., Thompson, M. (2010). Evolution of viviparity and uterine angiogenesis: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in oviparous and viviparous skinks. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 314 B(2), 148-156. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Sanderson, C., Deakin, J., Belov, K. (2010). Genetic architecture of the macropodid immune system. In Graeme Coulson, Mark Eldridge (Eds.), Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies & Rat-kangaroos, (pp. 13-23). Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
• Wong, E., Lillie, M., Belov, K. (2010). Genome Analysis of the Platypus. (pp. 1-8). [More Information]
• Koh, J., Haynes, L., Belov, K., Kuchel, P. (2010). L-to-D-peptide isomerase in male echidna venom. Australian Journal of Zoology, 58, 284-288. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Marzec, J., Cheng, Y., Jones, M., Belov, K. (2010). MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: implications for the spread of a contagious cancer. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277(1690), 2001-2006. [More Information]
• Smith, S., Belov, K., Hughes, J. (2010). MHC screening for marsupial conservation: extremely low levels of class II diversity indicate population vulnerability for an endangered Australian marsupial. Conservation Genetics, 11(1), 269-278. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Locke, D., Mardis, E., Wilson, R., Abubucker, S., Mitreva, M., Wong, E., Hsu, A., Kuchel, P., Belov, K., et al (2010). Novel venom gene discovery in the platypus. Genome Biology, 11(9), 1-13. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Siddle, H., Belov, K. (2010). The Marsupial Major Histocompatibility Complex. In Janine E. Deakin, Paul D. Waters and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (Eds.), Marsupial Genetics and Genomics, (pp. 339-356). Australia: Springer Science+Business Media.
• Belov, K. (2010). The role of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in the spread of contagious cancers. Mammalian Genome, 22(1), 83-90. [More Information]
• Morris, K., Wong, E., Belov, K. (2010). Use of Genomic Information to gain insights into Immune Function in Marsupials: A review of Divergent Immune Genes. In Janine E. Deakin, Paul D. Waters and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (Eds.), Marsupial Genetics and Genomics, (pp. 381-400). Australia: Springer Science+Business Media.

2009

• Morris, K., Beatty, J., Cattley, S., Menotti-Raymond, M., O'Brien, S., Belov, K. (2009). Assessing diversity of the MHC in the domestic cat, cheetah and Gir lion using MHC linked microsatellite marker. Genetics Society of AustralAsia 2009 Conference (GSA 2009), Australia: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Yuasa, H., Ball, H., Ho, Y., Austin, C., Whittington, C., Belov, K., Maghzal, G., Jermiin, L., Hunt, N. (2009). Characterization and evolution of vertebrate indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenases (IDOs) from monotremes and marsupials. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 153(2), 137-144. [More Information]
• Cao, H., de Bono, B., Belov, K., Wong, E., Trowsdale, J., Barrow, A. (2009). Comparative genomics indicates the mammalian CD33rSiglec locus evolved by an ancient large-scale inverse duplication and suggests all Siglecs share a common ancestral region. Immunogenetics, 61(5), 401-417. [More Information]
• Murphy, B., Thompson, M., Belov, K. (2009). Evolution of viviparity and the maternal immune system: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes in skinks. Orbit: University of Sydney Undergraduate Research Journal, 1(1), 1-17.
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Miller, R., Belov, K. (2009). Hatching time for monotreme immunology. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 185-198. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Siddle, H., Beck, S., Eldridge, M., Belov, K. (2009). High levels of genetic variation at MHC class II DBB loci in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Immunogenetics, 61(2), 111-118. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Sanderson, C., Deakin, J., Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2009). Identification of natural killer cell receptor clusters in the platypus genome reveals an expansion of C-type lectin genes. Immunogenetics, 61, 565-579. [More Information]
• Cheng, Y., Wakefield, M., Siddle, H., Coggill, P., Herbert, C., Beck, S., Belov, K., Eldridge, M. (2009). Isolation and characterization of 10 MHC Class I-associated microsatellite loci in tammar wallaby (macropus eugenii). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(1), 346-349. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Coggill, P., Hart, E., Cheng, Y., Wong, E., Harrow, J., Beck, S., Belov, K. (2009). MHC-linked and un-linked class I genes in the wallaby. BMC Genomics, 10, 310-1-310-15. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Sharp, J., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2009). No evidence of expression of Two Classes of Natural Antibiotics (cathelicidins and defensins) in a sample of Platypus Milk. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 211-217. [More Information]
• Zhao, Y., Cui, H., Whittington, C., Wei, Z., Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Yu, L., Ren, L., Hu, X., Zhang, Y., Belov, K., et al (2009). Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus) Links the Evolution of Immunoglobulin Genes in Eutherian Mammals and Nonmammalian Tetrapods. The Journal of Immunology, 183(2), 3285-3293. [More Information]
• Sanderson, C., Belov, K., Deakin, J. (2009). Physical Mapping of Immune Genes in the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, , 1-5. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2009). Platypus venom genes expressed in non-venom tissues. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57(4), 199-202. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Koh, J., Warren, W., Papenfuss, A., Torres, A., Kuchel, P., Belov, K. (2009). Understanding and utilising mammalian venom via a platypus venom transcriptome. Journal of Proteomics, 72(2), 155-164. [More Information]

2008

• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Bansal, P., Torres, A., Wong, E., Deakin, J., Graves, T., Alsop, A., Schatzkamer, K., Kremitzki, C., Kuchel, P., Belov, K., et al (2008). Defensins and the convergent evolution of platypus and reptile venom genes. Genome Research, 18(6), 986-994. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Papenfuss, A., Kuchel, P., Belov, K. (2008). Expression patterns of Platypus defensin and related venom genes across a range of tissue types reveal the possibility of broader functions for OvDLPs than previously suspected. Toxicon, 52, 559-565. [More Information]
• Warren, W., Hillier, L., Marshall Graves, J., Birney, E., Ponting, C., Grutzner, F., Belov, K., Miller, W., Clarke, L., Chinwalla, A., Whittington, C., Wong, E., et al (2008). Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution. Nature, 453, 175-184. [More Information]

2007

• Jobbins, S., Sanderson, C., Higgins, D., Krockenberger, M., Belov, K. (2007). An investigation of MHC diversity in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Genetics Society of AustralAsia 54th Annual Conference, Sydney: Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Inc.
• Siddle, H., Sanderson, C., Belov, K. (2007). Characterization of major histocompatability complex class 1 and class 11 genes from the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics, 59, 753-760. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Sanderson, C., Deakin, J., Wong, E., Assange, D., McColl, K., Gout, A., de Bono, B., Barrow, A., Speed, T., et al (2007). Characterization of the opossum immune genome provides insights into the evolution of the mammalian immune system. Genome Research, 17(7), 982-991. [More Information]
• Deakin, J., Siddle, H., Cross, J., Belov, K., Graves, J. (2007). Class 1 genes have split from the MHC in the tammar wallaby. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 116(3), 205-211. [More Information]
• Mikkelsen, T., Wakefield, M., Aken, B., Amemiya, C., Chang, J., Duke, S., Garber, M., Gentles, A., Goodstadt, L., Heger, A., Belov, K. (2007). Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences. Nature, 447(10 May 2007), 167-178. [More Information]
• Whittington, C., Belov, K. (2007). Platypus venom: a review. Australian Mammalogy, 29(1), 57-62.
• Woods, G., Kreiss, A., Belov, K., Siddle, H., Obendorf, D., Muller, H. (2007). The Immune Response of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and Devil Facial Tumour Disease. EcoHealth, 4(3), 338-345. [More Information]
• Pyecroft, S., Pearse, A., Loh, R., Swift, K., Belov, K., Fox, N., Noonan, E., Hayes, D., Hyatt, A., Wang, L., et al (2007). Towards a Case Definition for Devil Facial Tumour Disease: What Is It? EcoHealth, 4(3), 346-351. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Kreiss, A., Eldridge, M., Noonan, E., Clarke, C., Pyecroft, S., Woods, G., Belov, K. (2007). Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 104(41), 16221-16226. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Kreiss, A., Eldridge, M., Noonan, E., Clarke, C., Pyecroft, S., Woods, G., Belov, K. (2007). Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 104(41), 16221-16226. [More Information]

2006

• Torres, A., Tsampazi, C., Kennett, E., Belov, K., Geraghty, D., Bansal, P., Alewood, P., Kuchel, P. (2006). Characterization and isolation of L-to-D-amino-acid-residue isomerase from Platypus venom. Amino Acids, 32(1), 63-68. [More Information]
• Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K., Cross, J., Coggill, P., Palmer, S., Sims, S., Speed, T., Beck, S., Graves, J. (2006). Evolution and comparative analysis of the MHC Class 111 inflammatory region. BMC Genomics, 7(281), 1-14. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Young, L., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2006). In silico identification of the opossum cytokine genes suggests the complexity of the marsupial immune system rivals that of eutherian mammals. Immunome Research, 2(4), doi:10.1186/1745-7580-2-4 - 1-doi:10.1186/1745-7580-2-4 - 16. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Baker, M., Miller, R., Belov, K. (2006). Isolation of major histocompatibility complex Class I genes from the tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Immunogenetics, 58(5-6), 487-493. [More Information]
• Torres, A., Tsampazi, M., Tsampazi, C., Kennett, E., Belov, K., Geraghty, D., Bansal, P., Alewood, P., Kuchel, P. (2006). Mammalian L-to-D-amino-acid-residue isomerase from platypus venom. FEBS Letters, 580(6), 1587-1591. [More Information]
• Miller, H., Belov, K., Daugherty, C. (2006). MHC class I genes in the tuatara (Sphenodon spp.): Evolution of the MHC in an ancient reptilian order. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(5), 949-956. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Baker, M., Melman, S., Siddle, H., Gouin, N., Goode, D., Sargaent, T., Robinson, M., et al (2006). Reconstructing an Ancestral Mammalian Immune Supercomplex from a Marsupial Major Histocompatibility Complex. PLoS Biology, 4(3), 0317-0328. [More Information]
• Hemsley, S., Krockenberger, M., Belov, K., Canfield, P., Carter, D., Govendir, M., Griffith, J., Higgins, D., Jobbins, S., Malik, R., Saul, N., et al (2006). Update on Koala Research at the University of Sydney. Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section) Annual Meeting 2008, Australia: Wildlife Disease Association (Australasian Section).

2005

• Papenfuss, A., Belov, K., Deakin, J., Speed, T., Graves, J., Miller, R. (2005). Annotation of the Opossum Major Histocompatibility Complex and Analysis of Conserved Non-coding Regions. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 508-508.
• Miller, H., Belov, K., Daugherty, C. (2005). Characterization of MHC class 11 genes from an ancient reptile linage, Sphenodon (tuatara). Immunogenetics, 57(11), 883-891. [More Information]
• Siddle, H., Deakin, J., Belov, K. (2005). Class I MHC genes in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) are dispersed throughout the genome. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 542.
• Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Cross, J., Belov, K., Coggill, P., Palmer, S., Sims, S., Beck, S., Graves, J. (2005). Comparative analysis and evolution of the MHC class III region. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 395-395.
• Liu, Y., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2005). Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Genes in Opossum Genome. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 358.
• Deakin, J., Belov, K., Curach, N., Green, P., Cooper, D. (2005). High levels of variability in immune response using antigens from two reproductive proteins in brushtail possums. Wildlife Research, 32(1), 1-6. [More Information]
• Wong, E., Papenfuss, A., Belov, K. (2005). In-silico mining of the opossum genome for cytokine genes. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 358-358.
• Belov, K., Deakin, J., Papenfuss, A., Graves, J., Miller, R. (2005). The Immune Supercomplex: insights from the opossum MHC. Tissue Antigens: immune response genetics, 66(5), 359-359.
• Baker, M., Belov, K., Miller, R. (2005). Unusually similar patterns of antibody V segment diversity in distantly related marsupials. The Journal of Immunology, 174(9), 5665-5671.

2004

• Temple -Smith, P., Graves, J., Grutzner, F., Deakin, J., Renfree, M., Belov, K., Miller, R., Jirtle, R., Lindblad-Toh, K., Lander, E., et al (2004), A proposal to sequence the genome of the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
• Belov, K., Miller, R., Ilijeski, A., Hellman, L., Harrison, G. (2004). Isolation of monotreme T cell receptor alpha and beta chains. Immunogenetics, 56(3), 164-169.
• Belov, K., Lam, M., Colgan, D. (2004). Marsupial MHC class II β genes are not ortholgous to the eutherian β gene families. Journal of Heredity, 95(4), 338-345. [More Information]
• Browning, T., Belov, K., Miller, R., Eldridge, M. (2004). Molecular cloning and characterisation of the polymorphic MHC class II DBB from the tammar wallaby. Immunogenetics, 55(11), 791-795. [More Information]

2003

• Belov, K., Lam, M., Hellman, L., Colgan, D. (2003). Evolution of the major histocompatibility complex: Isolation of class II ß cDNAs from two monotremes, the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. Immunogenetics, 55(6), 402-411. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Hellman, L. (2003). Immunoglobulin genetics of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus) and Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 136(4), 811-819. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Hellman, L. (2003). Platypus immunoglobulin M and the divergence of the two extant monotreme lineages. Australian Mammalogy, 25(1), 87-94.

2002

• Rawson, R., Belov, K., Gidley-Baird, A., Cooper, D. (2002). Characterisation of antisera to recombinant IgA of the common brushtail possum. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 88(1-2), 89-95.
• Belov, K., Hellman, L., Cooper, D. (2002). Characterisation of echidna IgM provides insights into the time of divergence of extant mammals. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 26(9), 831-839. [More Information]
• Belov, K., Hellman, L., Cooper, D. (2002). Characterisation of immunoglobulin gamma 1 from a monotreme. Immunogenetics, 53(12), 1065-1071.
• Belov, K., Harrison, G., Miller, R., Cooper, D. (2002). Molecular cloning of four lambda light chain cDNAs from the Australian brushtail possum. International Journal of Immunogenetics, 29(2), 95-99.
• Belov, K., Nguyen, M., Zenger, K., Cooper, D. (2002). Ontogeny of immunoglobulin expression in the brushtail possum. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 26(7), 599-602.

2001

• Belov, K., Zenger, K., Hellman, L., Cooper, D. (2001). Echidna IgA supports mammalian unity and traditional Therian relationship. Mammalian Genome.