CSIRO Health and Biosecurity

How Phylogenies Inferred from 46 Mitochondrial Genomes Informed the Systematics of the Australasian Genus of Ticks, Bothriocroton, with the Description of Three New Species

Background: We revised the taxonomy and identification of the species of the genus Bothriocroton in light of entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes, scanning electron microscopy, and light microscopy. Methods: (i) phylogenetic trees inferred from entire mitochondrial...

Citizen science in health and wellbeing research in Australia: public perceptions and future directions

Abstract Background This research explored public attitudes and preferences regarding citizen science in the context of health and wellbeing. It examined: (1) the level of interest in this method; (2) attitudes toward different terminologies; (3) perceptions of the costs and bene...