Cindy K. Harper

University of Pretoria — South Africa

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetic diversity and population structure(13), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(12), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(8), Identification and Quantification in Food(8), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(4)

Publications49 total

A septennium review of wildlife forensic DNA analysis in South Africa
Forensic Science International Genetics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genome in Extant Cape Buffalo From Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Genetic diversity and origin of captive lion (Panthera leo) in South Africa: an assessment and comparison to wild populations
Conservation Genetics·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Poaching Forensics: Animal Victims in the Courtroom
Annual Review of Animal Biosciences·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
A highly divergent mitochondrial genome in extant Cape buffalo from Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes
Scientific Reports·2021· 28 citedOpen Access
RhODIS® (The Rhinoceros DNA Index System): The Application of Simple Forensic and Genetic Tools Help Conserve African Rhinoceros
2021· 7 cited
Polygamous farmed Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) : foetal membranes tell the story
UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria)·2020
Genetic diversity, relatedness and inbreeding of ranched and fragmented Cape buffalo populations in southern Africa
PLoS ONE·2020· 10 citedOpen Access
Anthropogenic movement results in hybridisation in impala in southern Africa
Conservation Genetics·2020· 6 cited
Poligame Nylkrokodille ( <i>Crocodylus niloticus</i> ) op ʼn krokodilplaas : vrugvliese vertel die storie
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Genetic rescue of an isolated African lion population
Conservation Genetics·2019· 27 cited
Impeding the rhinoceros surge of slaughter in southern Africa with DNA genetic forensic matching
NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University)·2018
Robust forensic matching of confiscated horns to individual poached African rhinoceros
Current Biology·2018· 42 citedOpen Access
Friends and family: A software program for identification of unrelated individuals from molecular marker data
Molecular Ecology Resources·2017· 16 cited
STR genotypes of each individual in each population of black and white rhinoceros included in match probability assessment (18 June 2017)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)·2017Open Access
Evaluation of microsatellites for common ungulates in the South African wildlife industry
Conservation Genetics Resources·2016· 9 cited
Single base-pair deletion in<i>ASIP</i>exon 3 associated with recessive black phenotype in impala (<i>Aepyceros melampus</i>)
Animal Genetics·2016· 6 citedOpen Access
Missense Mutation in the Ligand-Binding Domain of the Horse Androgen Receptor Gene in a Thoroughbred Family with Inherited 64,XY (SRY+) Disorder of Sex Development
Sexual Development·2016· 13 cited
Fenced and Fragmented: Conservation Value of Managed Metapopulations
PLoS ONE·2015· 48 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Alan J. Guthrie(17), Paulette Bloomer(10), Susan M. Miller(8), Anette Ludwig(5), Deon de Jager(5), Peter Howell(4), Amy B. Clarke(4), Peter N. Thompson(4), Klaus‐Peter Koepfli(3), Ν. James MacLachlan(3), A. J. Guthrie(3), Brigitte Glanzmann(3), Marlo Möller(3), Eileen G. Hoal(3), Paul D. van Helden(3), Desiré L. Dalton(3), J.O. Nöthling(3), Martin L. Schulman(3), Sooryakanth P. Sasidharan(3), Henk J. Bertschinger(3)