Orcid: 0009-0008-3680-6280
Current projects/ studies:
- Project K.A.A.M.K.
- Agapornis Genome Study 2.0
Projects/ studies in the past:
- Opaline mutation in Psittaciformes
- Genome study blue1 Agapornis fischeri & Agapornis personatus
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/3/pgae107/7627975 - Natural habitat and wildtype of Agapornis fischeri
- Evolution and taxon Genus Agapornis
- Autosomal incomplete dominant grey factor in Agapornis roseicollis
- Autosomal recessive grey mutation in Forpus coelestis
- Pheomelanin project: Can parrots synthesize pheomelanin in feathers?
https://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2020/05/08/jeb.225912 - Associate study leader on Dr. Henriette van der Zwan’s (Friedrich) study to sequence the genome of the genus Agapornis
Papers:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10495398.2017.1367692?tab=permissions&scroll=top
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306525.2018.1540446
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31579954/
More info: genomestudy.ogvzw.org) - Study to taxonomy and colour mutations in genus Agapornis
- Study to taxonomy and colour mutations in genus Forpus
https://www.ogvzw.org/downloads/Genus%20Forpus%20-%20Dirk%20Van%20den%20Abeele.pdf - Study to colour mutations in Serinus canaria
- Study to colour mutations in Taeniopygia castanotis
- Anticipation in genus Agapornis
- Parthenogenesis in Agapornis roseicollis
- Halfsiders
- Myostatine gene
- Genus Neophema
- Study to the wildtype and mutations of the Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
Fieldwork in the past:
- 2009 – Own research to Agapornis roseicollis in Namibia
- 2010 & 2013 – Volunteer in the Lovebird Research Project in Liwonde National Park in Malawi. Research to Agapornis lilianae (October 2010 & June 2013).
This research project is set up by Tiwonge Mzumara and later registered for a PhD with Professor Mike Perrin of the Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation at the University of Kwazulu Natal in South-Africa
Good to know:
Our research on new colour mutations in aviculture is confidential. We never share any personal information or details about potential new colour mutations without permission. The owner or original breeder always decides when, how, by whom, and to whom the new mutation may be disclosed.
