Associate Professor Lee Rollins

Associate Professor Lee Rollins

Associate Professor
Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

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, starlings, and deer but we also have projects on a variety of species in the context of conservation. 

I am the Director of the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre at UNSW and the Deputy President of Academic Board at UNSW.

Education

PhD Conservation Genetics, UNSW, 2009

Master of Marine Science, UNSW, 2001

Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 1987

Phone
+61 2 9065 8950
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, Wiley, 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
    Hill E; Murphy N; Li-Williams S; Davies C; Forsyth D; Comte S; Rollins LA; Hogan F; Wedrowicz F; Crittle T; Thomas E; Woodford L; Pacioni C, 2023, 'Hybridisation rates, population structure, and dispersal of sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) and rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) in south-eastern Australia', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR22129
    Journal articles | 2023
    Li-Williams S; Stuart KC; Comte S; Forsyth DM; Dawson M; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2023, 'Genetic analysis reveals spatial structure in an expanding introduced rusa deer population', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr22128
    Journal articles | 2023
    Miller S; Stuart KC; Burke NW; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 2023, 'Genetic and phenotypic consequences of local transitions between sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction in the wild', The American Naturalist, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/727511
    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, 16, pp. 126 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13516
    Journal articles | 2023
    Rollins LA; Lees D; Woolnough AP; West AJ; Perry M; Forsyth DM, 2023, 'Origins and population genetics of sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) introduced to Australia and New Zealand', Wildlife Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr22120
    Journal articles | 2023
    Stuart KC; Edwards RJ; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2023, 'Contrasting Patterns of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Structural Variation Across Multiple Invasions', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad046
    Journal articles | 2023
    Stuart KC; Hofmeister NR; Zichello JM; Rollins LA, 2023, 'Correction to: Global invasion history and native decline of the common starling: insights through genetics (Biological Invasions, (2023), 25, 5, (1291-1316), 10.1007/s10530-022-02982-5)', Biological Invasions, 25, pp. 2713 - 2716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03066-8
    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, 25, pp. 1291 - 1316, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 29, pp. 861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12497
    Journal articles | 2015
    Rollins LA; Richardson MF; Shine R, 2015, 'A genetic perspective on rapid evolution in cane toads (Rhinella marina)', Molecular Ecology, 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, 61, pp. 505 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/61.3.505
    Journal articles | 2015
    Rollins LA, 2015, 'Progress and challenges in genetics and invasion', Current Zoology, 61, pp. 454 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/61.3.454
    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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 | 2023
    Chan TCL; Yagound B; Brown GP; Eyck HJF; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2023, Infection by the lungwormRhabdias pseudosphaerocephalaaffects the expression of immune-related microRNAs by its co-evolved host, the cane toadRhinella marina, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.19.545515
    Preprints | 2023
    Eyck HJF; Edwards R; Brown G; Shine R; Rollins L, 2023, First in family Rhabdiasidae: the reference-guided genome assembly of an invasive parasite, the cane toad lungworm (Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala), , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.28.530339
    Preprints | 2023
    Stuart KC; Johnson RN; Major R; Atsawawaranunt K; Ewart KM; Rollins LA; Santure AW; Whibley A, 2023, The genome of a globally invasive passerine, the common myna (Acridotheres tristis), , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.22.554353
    Preprints | 2023
    Vardeh S; Sinclair J; Cairns K; Cannell B; Rollins L; Sherwin W, 2023, Genetic connectivity of little penguin colonies in Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.168569955.57431501/v1
    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

Soleille Miller, PhD Candidate (Jointly supervised with Russell Bonduriansky), “Utilizing population genetics to investigate genetic diversity and heterozygosity between all-female and mixed sex populations of the Australian Stick Insect, Megacrania batesii.”

Kelton Cheung, Scientia PhD candidate (Jointly supervised with Rich Edwards), “Developing genomic resources to advance the molecular ecology of invasions.”

Adi Nugroho, PhD Candidate, “Genetics insights into the rusa deer invasion across Oceania.”

Tsering Chan, PhD Candidate, “Host-parasite effects on gene expression in invasive cane toads and their co-introduced lungworms.”

Lucy Ockert, PhD Candidate, "Evolutionary processes and conservation genetics of little penguins in Australia”.

Maddison Howie, Honours Candidate, “Does lungworm infection affect gut microbiome in invasive cane toads?”