By Professor Lee Ann Rollins

Journal articles

Crane HR; Rollins LA; Shine R; Brown GP, 2025, 'Effect of parasite infection and invasion history on feeding, growth, and energy allocation of cane toads', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae054

Brown GP; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2025, 'Does a biological invasion modify host immune responses to parasite infection?', Royal Society Open Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240669

Crane HR; Rollins LA; Shine R; Brown GP, 2025, 'Big-Hearted Invaders: The Impacts of Range Expansion and Parasite Infection on Heart Mass in Cane Toads', Integrative Zoology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12941

Chan TCL; Yagound B; Brown GP; Eyck HJF; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2025, 'Infection by the Lungworm Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala Affects the Expression of Immune-Related microRNAs by Its Co-Evolved Host, the Cane Toad Rhinella marina', Molecular Ecology, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17587

Ward-Fear G; Brown GP; Pettit L; Rollins LA; Shine R, 2024, 'Live Fast, Die Young: Life History Traits of an Apex Predator Exacerbate the Ecological Impact of a Toxic Invader', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70625

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', Genome Biology and Evolution, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae246

Yagound B; Sarma RR; Edwards RJ; Richardson MF; Rodriguez Lopez CM; Crossland MR; Brown GP; DeVore JL; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2024, 'Is developmental plasticity triggered by DNA methylation changes in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina)?', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11127

Miltiadous A; Callahan DL; Dujon AM; Buchanan KL; Rollins LA, 2024, 'Maternally derived avian corticosterone affects offspring genome-wide DNA methylation in a passerine species', Molecular Ecology, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17283

Cheung K; Amos TG; Shine R; DeVore JL; Ducatez S; Edwards RJ; Rollins LA, 2024, 'Whole-mitogenome analysis unveils previously undescribed genetic diversity in cane toads across their invasion trajectory', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11115

Brown GP; Shine R; Rollins LA, 2024, 'A biological invasion modifies the dynamics of a host–parasite arms race', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2403

Miller SM; Stuart KC; Burke NW; Rollins LA; Bonduriansky R, 2024, 'Genetic and Phenotypic Consequences of Local Transitions between Sexual and Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Wild', American Naturalist, 203, pp. 73 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/727511

McGaughran A; Dhami MK; Parvizi E; Vaughan AL; Gleeson DM; Hodgins KA; Rollins LA; Tepolt CK; Turner KG; Atsawawaranunt K; Battlay P; Congrains C; Crottini A; Dennis TPW; Lange C; Liu XP; Matheson P; North HL; Popovic I; Rius M; Santure AW; Stuart KC; Tan HZ; Wang C; Wilson J, 2024, 'Genomic Tools in Biological Invasions: Current State and Future Frontiers', Genome Biology and Evolution, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad230

Thompson B; Atsawawaranunt K; Nehmens MC; Pearman WS; Perkins EO; Pipek P; Rollins LA; Tan HZ; Whibley A; Santure AW; Stuart KC, 2024, 'Population Genetics and Invasion History of the European Starling Across Aotearoa New Zealand', Molecular Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17579

Stuart KC; Johnson RN; Major RE; Atsawawaranunt K; Ewart KM; Rollins LA; Santure AW; Whibley A, 2024, 'The genome of a globally invasive passerine, the common myna, Acridotheres tristis', DNA Research, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsae005

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

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, 50, pp. 669 - 687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR22129

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

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

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

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

Hofmeister NR; Stuart KC; 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 WB; Vanden Berghe W; Rollins LA; Clayton DF, 2023, 'Concurrent invasions of European starlings in Australia and North America reveal population-specific differentiation in shared genomic regions', Molecular Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17195

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, 50, pp. 757 - 769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr22128

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, 50, pp. 716 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr22120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0552

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.733631

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cardilini APA; Sherman CDH; Sherwin WB; Rollins LA, 2018, 'Simulated Disperser Analysis: Determining the number of loci required to genetically identify dispersers', Peerj, 2018, pp. e4573, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4573

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

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