By Associate Professor Lee Ann Rollins

Journal articles

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

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

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, pp. e0167723, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167723

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

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

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

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

van Rooij EP; Rollins LA; Holleley CE; Griffith SC, 2016, 'Extra-pair paternity in the long-tailed finch Poephila acuticauda', PeerJ, 2016, pp. e1550, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1550

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

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

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

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

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, pp. e0125471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125471

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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; Flores Moreno H, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05101.x

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

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

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

Rollins LA; Woolnough A; Sherwin WB, 2006, 'Population genetic tools for pest management: a review', Wildlife Research, 33, pp. 251 - 261

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

Conference Papers

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, Belo Hoizone, Brazil, presented at 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo Hoizone, Brazil, 13 August 2006 - 18 August 2006

Conference Abstracts

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

Working Papers

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, http://dx.doi.org10.1101/2021.04.07.438753

Preprints

Cheung K; Rollins LA; Hammond JM; Barton K; Ferguson JM; Eyck HJF; Shine R; Edwards RJ, 2024, Repeat-rich regions cause false positive detection of NUMTs: a case study in amphibians using an improved cane toad reference genome, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.04.601973

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

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

Chan T; Yagound B; Brown G; Eyck H; Shine R; Rollins L, 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

Yagound B; Sarma R; Edwards R; Richardson M; Lopez CR; Crossland M; Brown G; DeVore J; Shine R; Rollins L, 2023, Is developmental plasticity triggered by DNA methylation changes in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina)?, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.26.564158

Cheung K; Amos TG; Shine R; DeVore JL; DeVore JL; Ducatez S; Edwards RJ; Rollins LA, 2023, Mitochondrial genome analyses uncover intriguing population structure across the invasive trajectory of an iconic invader, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.17.558141

Stuart K; Johnson R; Major R; Atsawawaranunt K; Ewart K; Rollins L; Santure A; 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

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