Associate Professor Lee Rollins

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My research uses genetic and epigenetic data to examine population and evolutionary processes. Specifically, my research group investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying rapid evolution often seen in invasive populations and provides information used to improve the management of invasive and conserved species.

Our invasive species research is focused on cane toads and starlings but we also have projects on a variety of species in the context of conservation. I am a member of the starling genome consortium and the cane toad genome consortium.

I am a member of the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre at UNSW and the President of the Genetics Society of Australasia.

Education

PhD Conservation Genetics, UNSW, 2009

Master of Marine Science, UNSW, 2001

Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 1987

Phone

+61 2 9065 8950

E-mail

l.rollins@unsw.edu.au

Location

Room 501E, Level 5 East Biological Sciences North (D26) UNSW, Kensington 2052

Book Chapters | 2016

Rollins LA; Richardson MF; Shine R, 2016, 'A GENETIC PERSPECTIVE ON RAPID EVOLUTION IN CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)', in Invasion Genetics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 313 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119072799.ch18

Book Chapters | 2016

Rollins LA; Richardson MF; Shine R, 2016, 'A GENETIC PERSPECTIVE ON RAPID EVOLUTION IN CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)', in Barrett SCH; Colautti RI; Dlugosch KM; Rieseberg LH (ed.), Invasion Genetics The Baker and Stebbins Legacy, John Wiley & Sons, Chicester, West Sussex, pp. 313 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119072799
Journal articles | 2023

Peters KJ; Gerber L; Scheu L; Cicciarella R; Zoller JA; Fei Z; Horvath S; Allen SJ; King SL; Connor RC; Rollins LA; Krützen M, 2023, 'An epigenetic DNA methylation clock for age estimates in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)', Evolutionary Applications, vol. 16, pp. 126 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13516

Journal articles | 2023

Stuart KC; Hofmeister NR; Zichello JM; Rollins LA, 2023, 'Global invasion history and native decline of the common starling: insights through genetics', Biological Invasions, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02982-5

Journal articles | 2023

Stuart KC; Sherwin WB; Edwards RJ; Rollins LA, 2023, 'Evolutionary genomics: Insights from the invasive European starlings', Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 13, pp. 1010456, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1010456

Journal articles | 2022

Eyck HJF; Brown GP; Rollins LA; Shine R, 2022, 'In an arms race between host and parasite, a lungworm's ability to infect a toad is determined by host susceptibility not parasite preference', Biology Letters, vol. 18, pp. 20210552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0552

Journal articles | 2022

Lee PLM; Sherman CDH; Rollins LA; Wapstra E; Phillips KP, 2022, 'Do female amphibians and reptiles have greater reproductive output if they have more mates?', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03194-6

Journal articles | 2022

Stuart K; Sherwin W; Cardilini APA; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Genetics and plasticity are responsible for climate induced ecogeographical patterns in a recent invasion', Frontiers in Genetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.824424

Journal articles | 2022

Stuart KC; Edwards RJ; Cheng Y; Warren WC; Burt DW; Sherwin WB; Hofmeister NR; Werner SJ; Ball GF; Bateson M; Brandley MC; Buchanan KL; Cassey P; Clayton DF; De Meyer T; Meddle SL; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Transcript- and annotation-guided genome assembly of the European starling', Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 22, pp. 3141 - 3160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13679

Journal articles | 2022

Stuart KC; Sherwin WB; Austin JJ; Bateson M; Eens M; Brandley MC; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Historical museum samples enable the examination of divergent and parallel evolution during invasion', Molecular Ecology, vol. 31, pp. 1836 - 1852, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16353

Journal articles | 2022

Yagound B; West AJ; Richardson MF; Gruber J; Reid JG; Whiting MJ; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Captivity induces large and population-dependent brain transcriptomic changes in wild-caught cane toads (Rhinella marina)', Molecular Ecology, vol. 31, pp. 4949 - 4961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16633

Journal articles | 2022

Yagound B; West AJ; Richardson MF; Selechnik D; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2022, 'Brain transcriptome analysis reveals gene expression differences associated with dispersal behaviour between range-front and range-core populations of invasive cane toads in Australia', Molecular Ecology, vol. 31, pp. 1700 - 1715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16347

Journal articles | 2021

Nomano FY; Savage JL; Rollins LA; Griffith SC; Russell AF, 2021, 'Communal roosting shows dynamics predicted by direct and indirect nepotism in chestnut-crowned babblers', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02958-2

Journal articles | 2021

Russo AG; Harding EF; Yan GJH; Selechnik D; Ducatez S; DeVore JL; Zhou J; Sarma RR; Lee YP; Richardson MF; Shine R; Rollins LA; White PA, 2021, 'Discovery of Novel Viruses Associated With the Invasive Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) in Its Native and Introduced Ranges', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 12, pp. 733631, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.733631

Journal articles | 2021

Sarma RR; Crossland MR; Eyck HJF; Devore JL; Edwards RJ; Cocomazzo M; Zhou J; Brown GP; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2021, 'Intergenerational effects of manipulating DNA methylation in the early life of an iconic invader', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0125

Journal articles | 2021

Stuart K; Sherwin W; Austin J; Bateson M; Eens M; Brandley M; Rollins L, 2021, 'Using historical museum samples to examine divergent and parallel evolution in the invasive starling', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.22.457241

Journal articles | 2021

Stuart KC; Cardilini APA; Cassey P; Richardson MF; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA; Sherman CDH, 2021, 'Signatures of selection in a recent invasion reveal adaptive divergence in a highly vagile invasive species', Molecular Ecology, vol. 30, pp. 1419 - 1434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15601

Journal articles | 2021

Zhou J; Tesfamicael K; Zhou SJ; Rollins L; Lopez CR, 2021, 'Genetic similarity enhances the strength of the relationship between gut bacteria and host DNA methylation', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.10.451923

Journal articles | 2020

Bodt LH; Rollins LA; Zichello JM, 2020, 'Contrasting mitochondrial diversity of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) across three invasive continental distributions', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10, pp. 10186 - 10195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6679

Journal articles | 2020

Sarma RR; Edwards RJ; Crino OL; Eyck HJF; Waters PD; Crossland MR; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2020, 'Do epigenetic changes drive corticosterone responses to alarm cues in larvae of an invasive Amphibian?', Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 60, pp. 1481 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa082

Journal articles | 2020

Zhou J; Nelson TM; Rodriguez Lopez C; Sarma RR; Zhou SJ; Rollins LA, 2020, 'A comparison of nonlethal sampling methods for amphibian gut microbiome analyses', Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 20, pp. 844 - 855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13139

Journal articles | 2020

Zhou J; Nelson TM; Rodriguez Lopez C; Zhou SJ; Ward-Fear G; Stuart K; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2020, 'The gut bacteria of an invasive amphibian respond to the dual challenges of range-expansion and parasite attack', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.16.385690

Journal articles | 2019

Martin LB; Addison BA; Bean AGD; Buchanan KL; Crino OL; Eastwood JR; Flies AS; Hamede R; Hill GE; Klaassen M; Koch RE; Martens JM; Napolitano C; Narayan EJ; Peacock L; Peel AJ; Peters A; Raven N; Risely A; Roast MJ; Rollins LA; Ruiz-Aravena M; Selechnik D; Stokes HS; Ujvari B; Grogan LF, 2019, 'Extreme Competence: Keystone Hosts of Infections', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 34, pp. 303 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.12.009

Journal articles | 2019

Selechnik D; Richardson MF; Shine R; Brown GP; Rollins LA, 2019, 'Immune and environment-driven gene expression during invasion: An eco-immunological application of RNA-Seq', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, pp. 6708 - 6721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5249

Journal articles | 2019

Selechnik D; Richardson MF; Shine R; DeVore JL; Ducatez S; Rollins LA, 2019, 'Increased Adaptive Variation Despite Reduced Overall Genetic Diversity in a Rapidly Adapting Invader', Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.01221

Journal articles | 2018

Andrew SC; Awasthy M; Bolton PE; Rollins LA; Nakagawa S; Griffith SC, 2018, 'The genetic structure of the introduced house sparrow populations in Australia and New Zealand is consistent with historical descriptions of multiple introductions to each country', Biological Invasions, vol. 20, pp. 1507 - 1522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1643-6

Journal articles | 2018

Bolton PE; Rollins LA; Brazill-Boast J; Maute KL; Legge S; Austin JJ; Griffith SC, 2018, 'Genetic diversity through time and space: diversity and demographic history from natural history specimens and serially sampled contemporary populations of the threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)', Conservation Genetics, vol. 19, pp. 737 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1051-1

Journal articles | 2018

Cardilini APA; Sherman CDH; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2018, 'Simulated Disperser Analysis: Determining the number of loci required to genetically identify dispersers', PeerJ, vol. 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4573

Journal articles | 2018

Edwards RJ; Tuipulotu DE; Amos TG; O'Meally D; Richardson MF; Russell TL; Vallinoto M; Carneiro M; Ferrand N; Wilkins MR; Sequeira F; Rollins LA; Holmes EC; Shine R; White PA, 2018, 'Draft genome assembly of the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina', GigaScience, vol. 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giy095

Journal articles | 2018

Russo AG; Eden JS; Tuipulotu DE; Shi M; Selechnik D; Shine R; Rollins LA; Holmes EC; White PA, 2018, 'Viral discovery in the invasive Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina) using metatranscriptomic and genomic approaches', Journal of Virology, vol. 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00768-18

Journal articles | 2018

Ward-Fear G; Brown GP; Pearson DJ; West A; Rollins LA; Shine R, 2018, 'The ecological and life history correlates of boldness in free-ranging lizards', Ecosphere, vol. 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2125

Journal articles | 2017

Bolton PE; Rollins LA; Brazill-Boast J; Kim KW; Burke T; Griffith SC, 2017, 'The colour of paternity: extra-pair paternity in the wild Gouldian finch does not appear to be driven by genetic incompatibility between morphs', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 30, pp. 174 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12997

Journal articles | 2017

Eastwood JR; Ribot RFH; Rollins LA; Buchanan KL; Walder K; Bennett ATD; Berg ML, 2017, 'Host heterozygosity and genotype rarity affect viral dynamics in an avian subspecies complex', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13476-z

Journal articles | 2017

Richardson MF; Sequeira F; Selechnik D; Carneiro M; Vallinoto M; Reid JG; West AJ; Crossland MR; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2017, 'Improving amphibian genomic resources: a multi-tissue reference transcriptome of an iconic invader', GigaScience, vol. 7, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/gix114

Journal articles | 2017

Richardson MF; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2017, 'De Novo Assembly of the Liver Transcriptome of the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris.', Journal of Genomics, vol. 5, pp. 54 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jgen.19504

Journal articles | 2017

Selechnik D; Rollins LA; Brown GP; Kelehear C; Shine R, 2017, 'The things they carried: The pathogenic effects of old and new parasites following the intercontinental invasion of the Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina)', International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, vol. 6, pp. 375 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2016.12.001

Journal articles | 2017

Selechnik D; West AJ; Brown GP; Fanson KV; Addison BA; Rollins LA; Shine R, 2017, 'Effects of invasion history on physiological responses to immune system activation in invasive Australian cane toads', PeerJ, vol. 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3856

Journal articles | 2016

Bolton PE; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2016, 'Colour polymorphism is likely to be disadvantageous to some populations and species due to genetic architecture and morph interactions', Molecular ecology, vol. 25, pp. 2713 - 2718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13632

Journal articles | 2016

Bolton PE; West AJ; Cardilini APA; Clark JA; Maute KL; Legge S; Brazill-Boast J; Griffith SC; Rollins LA, 2016, 'Three molecular markers show no evidence of population genetic structure in the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)', PLoS ONE, vol. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167723

Journal articles | 2016

Campbell S; Roberts EJ; Craemer R; Pacioni C; Rollins L; Woolnough AP, 2016, 'Assessing the economic benefits of starling detection and control to Western Australia', Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 23, pp. 81 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2015.1028486

Journal articles | 2016

McDonald PG; Rollins LA; Godfrey S, 2016, 'The relative importance of spatial proximity, kin selection and potential ‘greenbeard’ signals on provisioning behaviour among helpers in a cooperative bird', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 70, pp. 133 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s0026

Journal articles | 2016

McDonald PG; Rollins LA; Godfrey S, 2016, 'The relative importance of spatial proximity, kin selection and potential ‘greenbeard’ signals on provisioning behaviour among helpers in a cooperative bird', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 70, pp. 133 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s0026

Journal articles | 2016

McDonald PG; Rollins LA; Godfrey S, 2016, 'The relative importance of spatial proximity, kin selection and potential ‘greenbeard’ signals on provisioning behaviour among helpers in a cooperative bird', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 70, pp. 133 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-2032-8

Journal articles | 2016

Rollins LA; Woolnough AP; Fanson BG; Cummins ML; Crowley TM; Wilton AN; Sinclair R; Butler A; Sherwin WB, 2016, 'Selection on mitochondrial variants occurs between and within individuals in an expanding invasion', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 33, pp. 995 - 1007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv343

Journal articles | 2016

Sherman CDH; Lotterhos KE; Richardson MF; Tepolt CK; Rollins LA; Palumbi SR; Miller AD, 2016, 'What are we missing about marine invasions? Filling in the gaps with evolutionary genomics', Marine Biology, vol. 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2961-4

Journal articles | 2016

van Rooij EP; Rollins LA; Holleley CE; Griffith SC, 2016, 'Extra-pair paternity in the long-tailed finch Poephila acuticauda', PeerJ, vol. 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1550

Journal articles | 2015

Bolton PE; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2015, 'The danger within: The role of genetic, behavioural and ecological factors in population persistence of colour polymorphic species', Molecular Ecology, vol. 24, pp. 2907 - 2915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13201

Journal articles | 2015

Chao A; Jost L; Hsieh TC; Ma KH; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2015, 'Expected Shannon entropy and Shannon differentiation between subpopulations for neutral genes under the finite island model', PLoS ONE, vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125471

Journal articles | 2015

Nomano FY; Browning LE; Savage JL; Rollins LA; Griffith SC; Russell AF, 2015, 'Unrelated helpers neither signal contributions nor suffer retribution in chestnut-crowed babblers', Behavioral Ecology, vol. 26, pp. 986 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv023

Journal articles | 2015

Pryke SR; Rollins LA; Griffith SC; Buttemer WA, 2015, 'Retracted to Experimental evidence that maternal corticosterone controls adaptive offspring sex ratios[Journal of Computational Chemistry, 29, 6, (2015), 1723] DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12232', Functional Ecology, vol. 29, pp. 861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12497

Journal articles | 2015

Rollins LA, 2015, 'Progress and challenges in genetics and invasion', Current Zoology, vol. 61, pp. 454 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/61.3.454

Journal articles | 2015

Rollins LA; Richardson MF; Shine R, 2015, 'A genetic perspective on rapid evolution in cane toads (Rhinella marina)', Molecular Ecology, vol. 24, pp. 2264 - 2276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13184

Journal articles | 2015

Rollins LA; Whitehead MR; Woolnough A; Sinclair R; Sherwin WB, 2015, 'Is there evidence of selection in the dopamine receptor D4 gene in Australian invasive starling populations.', Current Zoology, vol. 61, pp. 505 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/61.3.505

Journal articles | 2015

Warrington MH; Rollins LA; Russell AF; Griffith SC, 2015, 'Sequential polyandry through divorce and re-pairing in a cooperatively breeding bird reduces helper-offspring relatedness', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 69, pp. 1311 - 1321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1944-7

Journal articles | 2014

Lindholm AK; Head ML; Brooks RC; Rollins LA; Ingleby FC; Zajitschek SRK, 2014, 'Causes of male sexual trait divergence in introduced populations of guppies', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 27, pp. 437 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12313

Journal articles | 2014

McCowan LSC; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2014, 'Personality in captivity: More exploratory males reproduce better in an aviary population', Behavioural Processes, vol. 107, pp. 150 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2014.08.020

Journal articles | 2014

Pryke SR; Rollins LA; Griffith SC; Buttemer WA, 2014, 'Experimental evidence that maternal corticosterone controls adaptive offspring sex ratios', Functional Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12232

Journal articles | 2014

Warrington MH; McDonald PG; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2014, 'All signals are not equal: Acoustic signalling of individuality, sex and breeding status in a cooperative breeder', Animal Behaviour, vol. 93, pp. 249 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.05.007

Journal articles | 2013

Kopps AM; McDonald P; Rollins LA, 2013, 'Isolation and characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci for Noisy Miners Manorina melanocephala, with successful cross-amplification in Bell Miners M. melanophrys', Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 5, pp. 39 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-012-9727-1

Journal articles | 2013

Nomano FY; Browning L; Rollins LA; Nakagawa S; Griffith SC; Russell AF, 2013, 'Feeding nestlings does not function as a signal of social prestige incooperatively breeding chestnut-crowned babblers', Animal Behaviour, vol. 86, pp. 277 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.015

Journal articles | 2013

Rollins LA; Moles AT; Lam S; Buitenwerf R; Buswell JM; Brandenburger CR; Flores-Moreno H; Nielsen KB; Couchman E; Brown GS; Thomson FJ; Hemmings F; Frankham R; Sherwin WB, 2013, 'High genetic diversity is not essential for successful introduction', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 3, pp. 4501 - 4517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.824

Journal articles | 2013

Warrington MH; Rollins LA; Raihani NJ; Russell AF; Griffith SC, 2013, 'Genetic monogamy despite variable ecological conditions and social environment in the cooperatively breeding apostlebird', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 3, pp. 4669 - 4682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.844

Journal articles | 2012

Browning L; Patrick SC; Rollins LA; Griffith SC; Russell AF, 2012, 'Kin selection, not group augmentation, predicts helping in an obligate cooperatively breeding bird', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, vol. 279, pp. 3861 - 3869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1080

Journal articles | 2012

Pryke SR; Rollins LA, 2012, 'Mothers adjust offspring sex to match the quality of the rearing environment', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 279, pp. 4051 - 4057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1351

Journal articles | 2012

Rollins LA; Browning LE; Holleley CE; Savage JL; Russell AF; Griffith SC, 2012, 'Building genetic networks using relatedness information: a novel approach for the estimation of dispersal and characterization of group structure in social animals', Molecular Ecology, vol. 21, pp. 1727 - 1740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05492.x

Journal articles | 2012

Rollins LA; Svedin N; Pryke SR; Griffith SC, 2012, 'The role of the Ord Arid Intrusion in the historical and contemporary genetic division of long-tailed finch subspecies in northern Australia', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 2, pp. 1208 - 1219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.259

Journal articles | 2011

Gilby AJ; Mainwaring MC; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2011, 'Parental care in wild and captive zebra finches: Measuring food delivery to quantify parental effort', Animal Behaviour, vol. 81, pp. 289 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.020

Journal articles | 2011

Pryke SR; Rollins LA; Buttemer WA; Griffith SC, 2011, 'Maternal stress to partner quality is linked to adaptive offspring sex ratio adjustment', Behavioral Ecology, vol. 22, pp. 717 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr040

Journal articles | 2011

Pryke SR; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2011, 'Context-dependent sex allocation: Constraints on the expression and evolution of maternal effects', Evolution, vol. 65, pp. 2792 - 2799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01391.x

Journal articles | 2011

Rollins LA; Woolnough A; Sinclair R; Mooney N; Sherwin WB, 2011, 'Mitochondrial DNA offers unique insights into invasion history of the common starling', Molecular Ecology, vol. 20, pp. 2307 - 2317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05101.x

Journal articles | 2010

Pryke SR; Rollins LA; Griffith SC, 2010, 'Females use multiple mating and genetically loaded sperm competition to target compatible genes', Science, vol. 329, pp. 964 - 967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1192407

Journal articles | 2010

Rollins LA; Holleley CE; Wright J; Russell AF; Griffith SC, 2010, 'Isolation and characterization of 12 polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)', Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 2, pp. 229 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-009-9149-x

Journal articles | 2009

Rollins LA; Woolnough AP; Wilton AN; Sinclair R; Sherwin WB, 2009, 'Invasive species can`t cover their tracks: Using microsatellites to assist management of starling (Sturnus vulgaris) populations in Western Australia', Molecular Ecology, vol. 18, pp. 1560 - 1573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04132.x

Journal articles | 2006

Rollins LA; Woolnough A; Sherwin WB, 2006, 'Population genetic tools for pest management: a review', Wildlife Research, vol. 33, pp. 251 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR05106

Journal articles | 2005

Lyons MA; Korstanje R; Li R; Sheehan S; Walsh KA; Rollins JA; Carey M; Paigen B; Churchill G, 2005, 'Single and interacting QTLs for cholesterol gallstones revealed in an intercross between mouse strains NZB and SM', Mammalian Genome, vol. 16, pp. 152 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00335-004-2446-5
Working Papers | 2021

Stuart K; Edwards R; Cheng Y; Warren W; Burt D; Sherwin W; Hofmeister N; Werner S; Ball G; Bateson M; Brandley M; Buchanan K; Cassey P; Clayton D; De Meyer T; Meddle S; Rollins L, 2021, Transcript- and annotation-guided genome assembly of the European starling, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, http://dx.doi.org10.1101/2021.04.07.438753
Preprints | 2022

Miller SM; Stuart K; Burke NW; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 2022, Genetic and phenotypic consequences of local transitions between sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction in the wild, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.02.514965

Preprints | 2022

Stuart K; Edwards R; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2022, Contrasting patterns of single nucleotide polymorphisms and structural variations across multiple invasions, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.04.498653

Preprints | 2021

Eyck HJF; Brown G; Rollins L; Shine R, 2021, In an arms race between host and parasite, a lungworm’s ability to infect a toad is determined by host susceptibility, not parasite preference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.19.464902

Preprints | 2021

Hofmeister NR; Stuart K; Warren WC; Werner SJ; Bateson M; Ball GF; Buchanan KL; Burt DW; Cardilini APA; Cassey P; De Meyer T; George J; Meddle SL; Rowland HM; Sherman CDH; Sherwin W; Berghe WV; Rollins LA; Clayton DF, 2021, Concurrent invasions by European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) suggest selection on shared genomic regions even after genetic bottlenecks, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.19.442026

Preprints | 2021

Yagound B; West A; Richardson M; Selechnik D; Shine R; Rollins L, 2021, Brain transcriptome analysis reveals gene expression differences associated with dispersal behaviour between range-front and range-core populations of invasive cane toads in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.27.462079

Conference Abstracts | 2020

Eyck HJF; Sarma RR; Crino OL; Waters PD; Crossland M; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2020, 'Corticosterone response to experimental manipulation of methylation in invasive amphibian larvae', in INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, TX, Austin, Vol. 60, pp. E66 - E66, presented at Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), TX, Austin, 03 January 2020 - 07 January 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000536432400263&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Preprints | 2020

Selechnik D; Richardson MF; Hess MK; Hess AS; Dodds KG; Martin M; Chan TC; Cardilini APA; Sherman CDH; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2020, Inherent population structure determines the importance of filtering parameters for reduced representation sequencing analyses, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.14.383240

Preprints | 2019

Cardilini APA; Stuart KC; Cassey P; Richardson MF; Sherwin W; Rollins LA; Sherman CDH, 2019, Signatures of selection in a recent invasion reveals adaptive divergence in a highly vagile invasive species, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/643569

Preprints | 2019

Selechnik D; Richardson MF; Shine R; Brown GP; Rollins LA, 2019, Immune and environment-driven gene expression during invasion: An eco-immunological application of RNA-Seq, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/583617

Preprints | 2019

Selechnik D; Richardson MF; Shine R; DeVore J; Ducatez S; Rollins LA, 2019, Invaders weather the weather: rapid adaptation to a novel environment occurs despite reduced genetic diversity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/557868

Conference Papers | 2006

Brooks RC; Rollins LA; Spyrou N, 2006, 'Genetic architecture of sexually selected traits - lessons from guppies', in 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Hoizone, Brazil, presented at 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Hoizone, Brazil, 13 August 2006 - 18 August 2006

My Research Supervision

Katarina Stuart, PhD candidate, “A genetic perspective on rapid adaptation in the globally invasive European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)”

Harrison Eyck, PhD candidate, “The evolution of host-parasite interactions during a biological invasion.”

Kelton Cheung, Scientia PhD candidate, “Developing genomic resources to advance the molecular ecology of invasions.”

Scarlett Li-Williams, MPhil candidate, "Including Functional Difference in Analysis of Molecular Genetic Patterns in Space”.

Tsering Chan, Honours candidate, “Using microRNA-seq and mRNA-seq to investigate parasite immunosuppression of an invasive host, the Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina).”

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