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ArticlePloS one2015

SNP marker discovery in koala TLR genes.

Jian Cui, Greta J Frankham, Rebecca N Johnson, Adam Polkinghorne, Peter Timms, Denis O'Meally, Yuanyuan Cheng, Katherine Belov

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adaptive Immunity in Marsupials.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2026
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  9. Toll-Like Receptor Expression Profiles in Koala (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jian CuiFaculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Greta J FrankhamAustralian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Rebecca N JohnsonAustralian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Adam PolkinghorneFaculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.
Peter TimmsFaculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.
Denis O'MeallyFaculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Yuanyuan ChengFaculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Katherine BelovFaculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
University of Sydney · AUAustralian Museum · AUUniversity of the Sunshine Coast · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a crucial role in the early defence against invading pathogens, yet our understanding of TLRs in marsupial immunity is limited. Here, we describe the characterisation of nine TLRs from a koala immune tissue transcriptome and one TLR from a draft sequence of the koala genome and the subsequent development of an assay to study genetic diversity in these genes. We surveyed genetic diversity in 20 koalas from New South Wales, Australia and showed that one gene, TLR10 is monomorphic, while the other nine TLR genes have between two and 12 alleles. 40 SNPs (16 non-synonymous) were identified across the ten TLR genes. These markers provide a springboard to future studies on innate immunity in the koala, a species under threat from two major infectious diseases.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAnimalsPhascolarctidaePhylogenyToll-Like Receptor 10Toll-Like Receptor 10

Identifiers

PMID25799012
PMCPMC4370664
OpenAlexW2065034708

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