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Short CVPaul Grobler received his BSc, BSc Honours, MSc and PhD degrees at the Rand Afrikaans University between 1987 and 1994. He started his professional career in the Department of Zoology at the University of the North in 1993 and 13 years later took up a position at the UFS. He serves on the council of SAWMA (the Southern African Wildlife Management Association) and is an NRF rated researcher. He has research linkages with several local and international researchers and was elected to the adjunct faculty of Virginia Tech University in the USA from 2005. He has acted as referee for several accredited journals. Eight masters students and one doctoral student have completed their studies under his supervision. Paul has published 30 papers in peer reviewed journals and has made 12 contributions to international and 30 contributions to national conferences. Area of ExpertiseMy main research interest is the identification and management of possibly unique geographical genetic variants within species, at levels lower than the levels traditionally addressed by taxonomists, thus addressing ESUs (evolutionary significant units) and MUs (management units). This question is studied using various organisms as models, extending from large ungulates and primates down to invertebrates (including freshwater mussels and malarial vectors). My second research interest is hybridization between blue and black wildebeest. The aim of the latter work is to find DNA markers for the unambiguous identification of hybrids. Courses Presented
GEN654 (Conservation Genetics)
GEN344 (Population Genetics)
BLG114
Publications (Short List)
Swart, H., Kotze, A. Olivier, P.A.S. and Grobler, J.P. 2010. Microsatellite-based characterization of Southern African domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica). South African Journal of Animal Science, 40(2): 121-132.
Peters, F., Kotze, A., Van der Bank, F.H. and Grobler, J.P. 2010. Genetic profile of the locally developed Meatmaster sheep breed in South Africa based on microsatellite analysis. Small Ruminant Research, 90: 101-108.
Kotze, A., Ehlers, K., Cilliers, D.C. and Grobler, J.P. 2008. The power of resolution of microsatellite markers and assignment tests to determine the origin of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa. Mammalian Biology, 73: 457-462.
Hallerman, E.M., Grobler, J.P. and Jones, W.J. 2007. Application of DNA markers for population genetic analysis. In: Aquaculture Genome Technologies. Edited by J. Liu. Blackwell Publishing. 584pp. (ISBN: 9780813802039).
Henley, W.F., Grobler, J.P. and Neves, R.J. 2006. Non-invasive method to obtain DNA from freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Journal of Shellfish Research, 25(3): 975-978.
Vignieri, S.N., Hallerman, E.M., Bergstrom, B.J., Hafner, D.J., Martin, A.P., Devers, P., Grobler, J.P. and N. Hitt. 2006. Mistaken view of taxonomic validity undermines conservation of an evolutionarily distinctive mouse: a response to Ramey et al. (2005). Animal Conservation, 9: 237-243.
Grobler, J.P., Jones, J.W., Johnson, N.A., Beaty, B., Struthers, J., Neves, R.J. and Hallerman, E.M. 2006. Patterns of genetic differentiation in the slabside pearlymussel, Lexingtonia dolabelloides Lea 1840, in the Tennessee River drainage. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 72: 65-75.
Grobler, J.P. 2006. Enzyme structure, enzyme function and allozyme variability in mammals: trends from South African population genetic studies. African Zoology, 41(1): 137-142.
Grobler, J.P., Pretorius, D.M., Botha, K., Kotze, A., Hallerman, E.M. and Jansen van Vuuren, B. 2005. An exploratory analysis of geographic genetic variation in southern African nyala (Tragelaphus angasii). Mammalian Biology, 70: 291-299.
Grobler, J.P., Kotze, A., Swart, H. and Hallerman, E.M. 2005. The application of microsatellite DNA markers for forensic analysis of koi carp (Cyprinus carpio). South African Journal of Science, 101: 19-21.
Grobler, J.P., Hartl. G.B., Grobler, N., Kotze, A., Botha, K. and Tiedemann, R. 2005. The genetic status of an isolated black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) population from the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve, South Africa: Microsatellite data on a putative past hybridization with blue wildebeest (C. taurinus). Mammalian Biology, 70: 35-45.
Nolte, M., Kotzé, A. Van der Bank, F.H. and Grobler, J.P. 2005. Microsatellite markers reveal low genetic differentiation among southern African Camelus dromedarius populations. South African Journal of Animal Science, 35(3): 152-161.
Kotze, A., Swart, H., Grobler, J.P. and Nemaangani, A. 2004. A genetic profile of the Kalahari Red goat breed from southern Africa. South African Journal of Animal Science, 34(1): 10-12.
Greyling, M., Grobler, J.P., Van der Bank, F.H. and Kotze, A. 2004. Genetic characterization of a domestic dog Canis familiaris breed endemic to South African rural areas. Acta Theriologica, 49(3): 369-382.
Grobler, J.P., Mafumo. H.B. and Minter, L.R. 2003. Allozymic differentiation among five populations of the South African ghost frog, Heleophryne natalensis (Hewitt, 1913). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 31: 1023-1032.
Villoen, L., Van der Bank, F.H., Van der Bank, M., Grobler, J.P. and Wessels, D. 2003. Allozyme variation in five populations of mopane, Colophospermum mopane (Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany, 69(3): 282-286.
Grobler, J.P. and Matlala, M.J. 2002. Regional genetic variability among South African vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) populations. Acta Theriologica, 47(2): 113-124.
Grobler, J.P. and Mokgalong, N.M. 2002. Patterns of genetic heterogeneity in Neutraclinostomum intermedialis (Digenea: Clinostomatidae): geographical and temporal considerations. African Zoology, 37(1): 55-60.
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