By Professor Lee Ann Rollins

Preprints

Miller S; Wilner D; Boldbaatar J; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 2026, Flexible Asexuality: Naturally occurring variation in mechanisms of parthenogenesis within lineages and individuals of a facultative parthenogen, Megacrania batesii, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.30.715418

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

Selechnik D; Richardson MF; Shine R; DeVore J; Ducatez S; Rollins LA, Bottleneck revisited: increased adaptive variation despite reduced overall genetic diversity in a rapidly adapting invader, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/557868

Yagound B; West AJ; Richardson MF; Selechnik D; Shine R; Rollins LA, 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

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, 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

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

Eyck HJ; Edwards RJ; Brown GP; Shine R; Rollins LA, 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

Miller SM; Stuart KC; Burke NW; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 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

Zhou J; Tesfamicael K; Zhou SJ; Rollins LA; Lopez CMR, 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

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

Eyck HJ; Brown GP; Rollins LA; Shine R, 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

Chan TCL; Yagound B; Brown GP; Eyck HJF; Shine R; Rollins LA, Infection by the lungworm Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala affects the expression of immune-related microRNAs by its co-evolved host, the cane toad Rhinella marina, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.19.545515

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

Yagound B; Sarma RR; Edwards RJ; Richardson MF; Lopez CMR; Crossland MR; Brown GP; DeVore JL; Shine R; Rollins LA, 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 T; Shine R; DeVore J; Ducatez S; Edwards R; Rollins L, 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

Cheung K; Rollins L; Hammond J; Barton K; Ferguson J; Eyck H; Shine R; Edwards R, 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

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

Stuart KC; Johnson RN; Major R; Atsawawaranunt K; Ewart KM; Rollins LA; Santure AW; Whibley A, The genome of a globally invasive passerine, the common myna (Acridotheres tristis), http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.22.554353

Zhou J; Nelson TM; Lopez CR; Zhou SJ; Ward-Fear G; Stuart KC; Shine R; Rollins LA, 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

Stuart KC; Sherwin WB; Austin JJ; Bateson M; Eens M; Brandley MC; Rollins LA, Using historical museum samples to examine divergent and parallel evolution in the invasive starling, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.22.457241

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