Publications

Journal articles
  • Quasim S, MacDonald AJ and Sarre SD (2018) Towards more efficient large-scale DNA-based detection of terrestrial mammal predators from scats. Mammal Research 63, 387-393 (link to ResearchGate page).
  • Campbell CD, Sarre SD, Stojanovic D, Gruber B, Medlock K, Harris S, MacDonald AJ and Holleley CE (2018) When is a native species invasive? Incursion of a novel predatory marsupial detected using molecular and historical data. Diversity and Distributions 24: 831–840 (link to ResearchGate page). I wrote a blog post at WildlifeSNPits to accompany this paper​.
  • Ramsey DSL, Barclay C, Campbell CD, Dewar E, MacDonald AJ, Modave E, Quasim S and Sarre SD (2018) Detecting rare carnivores using scats: Implications for monitoring a fox incursion into Tasmania. Ecology and Evolution 8, 732-743 (link to full text).
  • Modave E, MacDonald AJ and Sarre SD (2017) A single mini-barcode test to screen for Australian mammalian predators from environmental samples Gigascience gix052 (link to full text).
  • MacDonald AJ and Sarre SD (2017) A framework for developing and validating taxon-specific primers for specimen identification from environmental DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources 17, 708-720. ​​I wrote a blog post at WildlifeSNPits to accompany this paper​.
  • Carlson E, MacDonald AJ, Adamack A, McGrath T, Doucette LI, Osborne WS, Gruber B, Sarre SD (2016) How many conservation units are there for the endangered grassland earless dragons? Conservation Genetics 17, 761–774 (​link to full text).
    ​I wrote a blog post at WildlifeSNPits to accompany this paper​.
  • MacDonald AJ and Sarre SD (2015) Species assignment from trace DNA sequences: an in silico assessment of the test used to survey for foxes in Tasmania. Journal of Applied Ecology 52, 1649–1655 (link to full text). I wrote a blog post for The Applied Ecologist's blog to accompany this paper.
  • Ramsey DSL, MacDonald AJ, Quasim S, Barclay C, Sarre SD (2015) An examination of the accuracy of a sequential PCR and sequencing test used to detect the incursion of an invasive species: the case of the red fox in Tasmania. Journal of Applied Ecology 52, 562-570 ​(link to full text). ​I wrote a blog post at WildlifeSNPits to accompany this paper.
  • Sarre SD, MacDonald AJ, Berry OF, Barclay C, Saunders GR and Ramsey DSL (2014) Defining specificity in DNA detection of wildlife: Response to Gonçalves et al. "The risks of using "species-specific" PCR assays in wildlife research: The case of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) identification in Tasmania". Forensic Science International: Genetics 13, 206-207 (link to full text).
  • Sarre SD, Aitken N, Adamack AT, MacDonald AJ, Gruber B and Cowan P (2014) Creating new evolutionary pathways through bioinvasion: the population genetics of brushtail possums in New Zealand. Molecular Ecology 23, 3419-3433 (link to full text).
  • MacDonald AJ, FitzSimmons NN, Chambers B, Renfree MB and Sarre SD (2014) Sex-linked and autosomal microsatellites provide new insights into island populations of the tammar wallaby. Heredity 112, 333-342 (link to full text).
  • Sarre SD, MacDonald AJ, Barclay C, Saunders GR and Ramsey DSL (2013) Foxes are now widespread in Tasmania: DNA detection defines the distribution of this rare but invasive carnivore. Journal of Applied Ecology 50, 459–468 (​link to full text).
  • Cowled BD, Ward MP, Laffan SW, Galea F, Garner MG, MacDonald AJ, Marsh I, Muellner P, Negus K, Quasim S, Woolnough A and Sarre SD (2012) Integrating survey and molecular approaches to better understand wildlife disease ecology. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46310. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046310 (​link to full text).
  • MacDonald AJ, Sarre SD, FitzSimmons NN, Aitken, N (2011) Determining microsatellite genotyping reliability and mutation detection ability: an approach using small-pool PCR from sperm DNA. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 285 (1) 1-18 (​link to full text).
  • MacDonald AJ, Sankovic N, Sarre SD, FitzSimmons NN, Wakefield MJ, Graves JAM and Zenger KR (2006) Y chromosome microsatellite markers identified from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) and their amplification in three other macropod species. Molecular Ecology Notes 6, 1202-1204 (link to full text).
Book chapter
Scientific reports
Thesis
  • MacDonald AJ, (2008) Sex chromosome microsatellite markers from an Australian marsupial: development, application and evolution. PhD Thesis, University of Canberra, Australia (link to full text).
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