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Dr Jaime Gongora

Dr Jaime Gongora

Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology and Animal Genetics
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Gunn Building (B19)
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Ph: +61 2 9036 9348
Fax: +61 2 9351 2114
Email:jaime.gongora@sydney.edu.au

Qualifications

PhD (Animal Genetics) University of Sydney,
Master in Biology Pontificia Javeriana University, Colombia,
Bachelor in Education, Biology & Chemistry, Libre University, Colombia

Teaching Areas

  • Animal Conservation Biology.
  • Wildlife & Evolutionary Genetics.
  • Cytogenetics.
  • Laboratory Disease Investigation.

Administration

  • UoS coordinator for Wildlife and Evolutionary Genetics (AVBS4003)
  • UoS coordinator for Animal Conservation Biology (ANSC2004)
  • Coordinator of the Animal Cytogenetic component of GENE4011

Research Areas

  • Animal and wildlife genetics.
  • Phylogeography and population genetics.
  • Endogenous retroviruses.
  • Immunogenetics.

Current projects

  • Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the platypus.
  • Characterisation and evolution of the MHC in peccaries, wild pigs, alligators and crocodiles.
  • Genetic diversity of peccaries and wild pigs.
  • Origins and genetic diversity of chickens.
  • Characterisation of endogenous retroviruses in the saltwater crocodile.

Professional Affiliations

  • IUCN/SSC Peccary Specialist Group.
  • IUCN/SSC Wild Pig Specialist Group.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

Ruvinsky, A., Rothschild, M.F., Larson G., Gongora, J. (2011). Systematics and Evolution of the Pig. In: The Genetics of the Pig. Ruvinsky A. and Rothschild M.F., editors, second edition. CAB International, Oxon and New York. Pp. 1-13.

Taber, A., Altrichter, M., Beck, H., Gongora, J. (2011). Family Tayassuidae (Peccaries). In: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol 2, Hoofed Mammals. Wilson, D.E. and Russell, A. Mittermeier, editors. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Pp. 292-307.

Journal Articles

Gongora, J., Swan, A. B., Chong, A. Y, Ho, S. Y. W., Damayanti, C. S., Kolomyjec, S., Grant, T., Miller, E., Blair, D., Furlan, E., Gust, N. (2011). Genetic structure and phylogeography of platypuses revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Zoology (DOI: 10.1111/j. 1469-7998.2011.00854.x)

Haynes, G., Gongora, J., Gilligan, D. M., Greweg, P., Moran, C., Nicholas, F. W. (2011) Cryptic hybridization and introgression between invasive Cyprinid species Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus in Australia: implications for invasive species management. Animal Conservation (DOI: 10.1111/j. 1469-1795.2011.00490.x)

Gongora, J., Cuddahee, R.E., do Nascimento, F.F., Palgrave, C.J., Lowden, S., Ho, S.Y.W., Simond, D., Damayanti, C.S., White, D.J., Tay, W.T., Randi, E., Klingel, H., Rodrigues-Zarate, C.J., Allen, K., Moran, C., Larson, G. (2011). Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla). Zoologica Scripta. 40: 327–335.

Gongora, J., Biondo, C., Cooper, J.D., Taber, A., Keuroghlian, A., Altrichter, M., Nascimento, F.F., Chong, A.Y., Miyaki, C.Y., Bodmer, R., Mayor, P., González S. (2011). Revisiting the species status of Pecari maximus van Roosmalen et al., 2007 (Mammalia) from the Brazilian Amazon Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 60: 95-101.

Nascimento, F.F., Gongora, J., Charleston, M., Tristem, M., Lowden, S., Moran, C. (2011). Evolution of endogenous retroviruses in the Suidae: evidence for different viral subpopulations in African and Eurasian host species. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11:139.

Nascimento, F.F., Gongora, J., Tristem, M., Lowden, S., Moran, C. (2011). Distinctive differences in long terminal repeat sequences between γ1 endogenous retroviruses of African and Eurasian suid species. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 11: 686-693.

Biondo, C., Keuroghlian, A., Gongora, J., Miyaki, C.Y. (2011). Population genetic structure and dispersal in white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) from the Brazilian Pantanal. Journal of Mammalogy. 92: 267-274.

Jaratlerdsiri, W., Rodr'guez-Zárate, C.J., Isberg S.R., Damayanti, C.S., Miles, L.G., Chansue, N., Moran, C., Melville, L., Gongora, J. (2009). Distribution of Endogenous Retroviruses in Crocodilians. Journal of Virology. 83:10305-10308.

Kolomyjec, S.H., Chong, J., Blair, D., Gongora, J., Grant, T., Johnson, C., Moran, C. (2009) Population genetics of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus): a fine-scale look at adjacent river systems. Australian Journal of Zoology. 57: 225-234.

Haynes, G.D, Gongora, J., Nicholas, F.W., Zenger, K.B. (2008). Rapid identification of maternal lineages in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) using real-time PCR and high resolution melt-curve analysis. Aquaculture. 287:59-66.

Gongora, J., Rawlence, N.J., Mobegi, V.A., Jianlin, H., Alcalde, J.A., Matus, J.T., Hanotte, O., Moran, C., Austin, J.J., Ulm, S., Anderson, A.J., Larson, G., Cooper, A. (2008) Indo-European and Asian origins for Chilean and Pacific chickens revealed by mtDNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 10308-13

Gongora, J., Morales, S., Bernal, J.E., Moran, C. (2006) Phylogenetic divisions among Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) detected using mitochondrial and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41: 1-11.

Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2005). Nuclear and mitochondrial evolutionary analyses of Collared, White-lipped and Chacoan peccaries (Tayassuidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34: 181-189.

Fan, B., Gongora, J., Chen, Y., Garkavenko, O., Li, K., Moran, C. (2005) Population genetic variability and origin of Auckland feral pigs. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 35: 279-285.

Gongora, J., Spencer, P., Fleming, P., Mason, R., Garkavenko, O., Lee, J-H., Meyer, J-K, Droegemueller, C. Moran, C. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of Australian and New Zealand feral pigs assessed by mitochondrial control region sequence and nuclear GPIP genotype. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33: 339-348.

Gongora, J., Peltoniemi, O.A.T., Tammen, I., Raadsma, H. Moran, C. (2003) Analyses of possible domestic pig contribution in two populations of Finnish farmed Wild Boar. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A Animal Science. 53: 161-165.

Gongora, J., Chen, Y., Bernal, J.E., Nicholas, F.W., and Moran, C. (2002) Interspecific amplification of peccary microsatellite markers using porcine primers. Animal Genetics. 33: 312-313.

Kim, K-I., Lee, J-H., Lee, K., Zhang, Y-P., Lee, S-S., Gongora, J., Moran, C. (2002) Phylogenetic relationship of Asian and European pig breeds determined by mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence polymorphism. Animal Genetics. 33: 19-25.

Diversity Assessments

Gongora, J., Reyna-Hurtado, R., Beck, H., Taber, A., Altrichter, M. & Keuroghlian, A. 2011. Pecari tajacu. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. www.iucnredlist.org

Gongora, J. 2008. Pecari maximus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. www.iucnredlist.org

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