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Dr Jaime Gongora

Dr Jaime Gongora


Lecturer in Conservation 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: j.gongora@usyd.edu.au

Qualifications

  • PhD in Animal Genetics.
    University of Sydney
  • Master in Biology.
    Pontificia Javeriana University, Colombia
  • Bachelor in Education, Biology and Chemistry.
    Libre University, Colombia

Teaching Areas

  • Conservation Biology, Wildlife Genetics, Animal Genetics and Cytogenetics

Administration

  • UoS coordinator for Wildlife and Evolutionary Genetics (AVBS4003)
  • UoS coordinator for Animal Conservation Biology (ANSC2004)
  • Coordinator of the Animal Cytogenetic component of GENE4011 UoS
  • Year coordinator for 2nd Year BAnVetBioSc students

Academic Experience

  • Lecturer, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
  • Associate Researcher, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction (REPROGEN), University of Sydney
  • Postgraduate Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney

Research

Dr Gongora has conducted research in the following areas:

Molecular genetics, Animal genetics, Evolution, Phylogenetics, Immunogenetics, Virology and Wildlife genetics.

Research areas of interest include:

  • Evolutionary phylogeography, population genetic and immunogenetic aspects of peccaries from the Americas and suids (pigs and hogs) from Africa, Asia and Europe.
  • Distribution of endogenous retroviruses in vertebrates.
  • Genetic diversity and immunogenetics of crocodilians.
  • Phylogeography and population genetics of the platypus.
  • Origins and genetic diversity of chickens from Island South East Asia and the Americas

Selected Publications

  • Gongora J, Rawlence NJ, Mobegi VA, Jianlin H, Alcalde JA, Matus JT, Hanotte O, Moran C, Austin JJ, Ulm S, Anderson AJ, 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., Taber, A., Keuroghlian, A., Altrichter, M., Bodmer, R.E., Mayor, P., Moran, C., Damayanti, C.S., González S. (2007) Re-examining the evidence for a ‘new’ peccary species, ‘Pecari maximus’, from the Brazilian Amazon. Newsletter of the Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Specialist Group of the IUCN/SSC. 7 (2): 19-26.
  • 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.