Orcid: 0009-0008-3680-6280
Current projects:
- Project K.A.A.M.K.
- Agapornis Genome Study 2.0
Current studies:
- Opaline mutation in Psittaciformes
Studies in the past:
- 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 to new colour mutations in aviculture is confidential. We never share any (personal) information on (possible) new colour mutations without permission. It is ALWAYS the owner/original breeder who decides when / how / by whom and to whom the new mutation can be revealed.
