Publications by authors named "M Yindee"
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- Researchers sequenced 470 genomes of domesticated river and swamp buffaloes and their wild ancestors to investigate the genetic factors influencing domestication and productivity in Asian water buffaloes.* -
- Wild swamp buffaloes maintain ancestral morphology, while river buffaloes show distinct traits, yet both have genomes that align closely with wild counterparts; genetic diversity varies significantly across regions.* -
- Key findings indicate that artificial selection has led to significant genetic adaptations in traits like reproduction, milk production, and coat color, highlighting how domestication affects evolutionary changes in these animals.*
Wild bovids provide important ecosystem functions as seed dispersers and vegetation modifiers. Five wild bovids remain in Thailand: gaur (), banteng (), wild water buffalo (), mainland serow () and Chinese goral (). Their populations and habitats have declined substantially and become fragmented by land-use change.
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- Metagenomics has been effective in finding new pathogens and monitoring outbreaks, helping identify various viruses in asymptomatic long-tailed macaques from Thailand.
- A specific workflow detected novel astroviruses, enteroviruses, and adenoviruses in fecal samples, revealing a potential new adenovirus that can infect both monkeys and humans.
- The study underscores the importance of ongoing zoonotic surveillance in areas where humans and animals coexist to prevent the emergence of new pathogens.
Regular monitoring of wild animal populations through the collection of behavioral and demographic data is critical for the conservation of endangered species. Identifying individual Asian elephants (), for example, can contribute to our understanding of their social dynamics and foraging behavior, as well as to human-elephant conflict mitigation strategies that account for the behavior of specific individuals involved in the conflict. Wild elephants can be distinguished using a variety of different morphological traits-.
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