Publications
2018
- PublishedMultilocus phylogeny, species age and biogeography of the Lesser Antillean anoles
Thorpe, R., Barlow, A., Surget-Groba, Y. & Malhotra, A., Oct 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127, p. 682-695
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedConvergence of multiple markers and analysis methods defines the genetic distinctiveness of cryptic pitvipers
Mrinalini, M., Thorpe, R. S., Creer, S., Lallias, D. S., Dawnay, L., Stuart, B. L. & Malhotra, A., 8 Jul 2015, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92, p. 266-279
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeography of the Endangered Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana Delicatissima: A Recent Diaspora in an Archipelago Known for Ancient Herpetological Endemism
Martin, J. L., Knapp, C. R., Gerber, G. P., Thorpe, R. S. & Welch, M. E., 16 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Heredity. 106, 3, p. 315-321
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe importance of being genomic: Non-coding and coding sequences suggest different models of toxin multi-gene family evolution
Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Harris, J. B. & Thorpe, R. S., 7 Sep 2015, In: Toxicon. 107, Part B, p. 344-358
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWidespread parallel population adaptation to climate variation across a radiation: implications for adaptation to climate change
Thorpe, R. S., Barlow, A., Malhotra, A. & Surget-Groba, Y., 16 Feb 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 5, p. 1019-1030
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedA likelihood framework analysis of an island radiation: phylogeography of the Lesser Antillean gecko Sphaerodactylus vincenti, in comparison with the anole Anolis roquet
Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Biogeography. 40, 1, p. 105-116
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPredicting function from sequence in a large multifunctional toxin family
Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Harris, J. B., Stöcklin, R., Favereau, P. & Thorpe, R. S., 3 Jul 2013, In: Toxicon. 72, p. 113-125
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedQuantitative traits and mode of speciation in Martinique anoles
Thorpe, R. S., Surget-Groba, Y. & Johansson, H., 1 Nov 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 21, p. 5299-5308
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedColonization history and genetic diversity: adaptive potential in early stage invasions.
Eales, J. F., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Jul 2010, In: Molecular Ecology. 19, 14, p. 2858-2869
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGenetic tests for ecological and allopatric speciation in Anoles on an Island Archipelago.
Thorpe, R. S., Surget-Groba, Y. & Johansson, H., 29 Apr 2010, In: PLOS Genetics. 6, 4, p. e1000929
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers.
Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C. E. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2010, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54, 1, p. 172-178
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRevealing the geographic origin of an invasive lizard: the problem of native population genetic diversity.
Eales, J. F., Eales, J. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2010, In: Biological Invasions. 12, 1, p. 77-86
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedComments on the systematic status of specimens belonging to the genus Viridovipera (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of southwestern China, with a redescription of V. yunnanensis.
Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S., Creer, S. & Pook, C. E., 1 Jul 2009, In: Herpetological Journal. 19, 3, p. 151-162
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGenetic data from 28 STR loci for forensic individual identification and parentage analyses in 6 bird of prey species.
Dawnay, N., Ogden, R., Wetton, J. H., Thorpe, R. S. & McEwing, R., 1 Mar 2009, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 3, 2, p. e63-e69
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedA forensic STR profiling system for the Eurasian badger: a framework for developing profiling systems for wildlife species.
Dawnay, N., Ogden, R., Thorpe, R. S., Pope, L. C., Dawson, D. A. & McEwing, R., 1 Jan 2008, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 2, 1, p. 47-53
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAdaptive radiation in Lesser Antillean lizards: molecular phylogenetics and species recognition in the Lesser Antillean dwarf gecko complex, Sphaerodactylus fantasticus.
Thorpe, R. S., Jones, A. G., Malhotra, A. & Surget-Groba, Y., 1 Mar 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 6, p. 1489-1504
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDevelopment of microsatellite markers in the St Lucia anole, Anolis luciae.
Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y., Gow, J. L. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Nov 2008, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 8, 6, p. 1408-1410
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMicrosatellite data show evidence for male-biased dispersal in the Caribbean lizard Anolis roquet.
Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Oct 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 20, p. 4425-4432
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMitochondrial DNA analysis reveals a new member of the Asian pitviper genus Viridovipera (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae).
Dawson, K., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S., Guo, P., Mrinalini, N. V. & Ziegler, T., 1 Oct 2008, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49, 1, p. 356-361
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPreliminary data suggests genetic distinctiveness of gyr and saker falcons.
Dawnay, N., McEwing, R., Thorpe, R. S. & Ogden, R., 1 Jun 2008, In: Conservation Genetics. 9, 3, p. 703-707
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe relative importance of ecology and geographic isolation for speciation in anoles.
Thorpe, R. S., Surget-Groba, Y. & Johansson, H., 27 Sep 2008, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 363, 1506, p. 3071-3081
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe roles of allopatric divergence and natural selection in quantitative trait variation across a secondary contact zone in the lizard Anolis roquet.
Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Dec 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 23, p. 5146-5156
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWeak founder effect signal in a recent introduction of Caribbean Anolis
Eales, J. F., Thorpe, R. & Malhotra, A., 5 Feb 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 6, p. 1416-1426
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2007
- PublishedPhylogeographic patterns of trans-Amazonian vicariants and Amazonian biogeography: the Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex) as an example.
Wuster, W., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Ferguson, J. E., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M., Thorpe, R. S. & Wüster, W., 1 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Biogeography. 34, 8, p. 1296-1312
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedValidation of the barcoding gene COI for use in forensic genetic species identification
Dawnay, N., Ogden, R., McEwing, R., Carvalho, G. & Thorpe, R. S., 15 Nov 2007, In: Forensic Science International. 173, 1, p. 1-6
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedCombining molecular, morphological and ecological data to infer species boundaries in a cryptic tropical pitviper.
Sanders, K. L., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Mar 2006, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87, 3, p. 343-364
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvidence for a Mullerian mimetic radiation in Asian pitvipers
Sanders, K. L., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R., 7 May 2006, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 273, 1590, p. 1135-1141
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOptimal intron analyses in the Trimeresurus radiation of Asian pitvipers.
Creer, S., Pook, C. E., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Feb 2006, In: Systematic Biology. 55, 1, p. 57-72
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTen polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers isolated from the Anolis roquet series of Caribbean lizards
Gow, J., Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sep 2006, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 6, 3, p. 873-876
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
- PublishedCommon garden and natural selection experiments support ecotypic differentiation in the Dominican anole (Anolis oculatus).
Thorpe, R. S., Reardon, J. T. & Malhotra, A., 1 Apr 2005, In: American Naturalist. 165, 4, p. 495-504
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMolecular clocks and geological dates: cytochrome b of Anolis extremus substantially contradicts dating of Barbados emergence
Thorpe, R. S., Leadbeater, D. L. & Pook, C. E., 1 Jun 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 7, p. 2087-2096
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNo rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush
Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3619-3621
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPopulation evolution and island biogeography
Thorpe, R. S., 16 Dec 2005, In: Science. 310, 5755, p. 1778-1779
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTargeting optimal introns for phylogenetic analyses in non-model taxa: experimental results in Asian pitvipers.
Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S. & Pook, C. E., 1 Aug 2005, In: Cladistics. 21, 4, p. 390-395
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe dynamics of genetic and morphological variation on volcanic islands
Gubitz, T., Thorpe, R. & Malhotra, A., 7 Apr 2005, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 272, 1564, p. 751-757
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus durissus)
Wuster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Salomao, M. D. & Thorpe, R., 25 Feb 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 4, p. 1095-1108
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2004
- PublishedA phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis).
Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jul 2004, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32, 1, p. 83-100
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAdaptation and speciation in Lesser Antillean anoles.
Thorpe, R. S., Malhotra, A., Stenson, A. G., Reardon, J. T., Dieckmann, U. (ed.), Doebeli, M. (ed.), Metz, J. A. (ed.) & Tautz, D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2004, Adaptive Speciation. 2004 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 322-344
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedEcological diversification in a group of Indomalayan pitvipers (Trimeresurus): convergence in taxonomically important traits has implications for species identification.
Sanders, K. L., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jul 2004, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17, 4, p. 721-731
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvolutionary differentiation of bimaculatus group anoles based on analyses of mtDNA and microsatellite data.
Stenson, A. G., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Jul 2004, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32, 1, p. 1-10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMaximizing information in systematic revisions: a combined molecular and morphological analysis of a cryptic green pitviper complex (Trimeresurus stejnegeri).
Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jun 2004, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 82, 2, p. 219-235
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMorphometric analysis of Trimeresurus vogeli (David, Vidal and Pauwels, 2001), with new data on diagnostic characteristics, distribution and natural history.
Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S. & Stuart, B. L., 1 Apr 2004, In: Herpetological Journal. 14, 2, p. 65-77
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRedescription and systematics of trimeresurus cornutus (Serpentes : Viperidae) based on morphology and molecular data.
Herrmann, H. W., Ziegler, T., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. & Parkinson, C. L., 1 May 2004, In: Herpetologica. 60, 2, p. 211-221
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe utility of AFLPs for supporting mitochondrial DNA phylogeographical analyses in the Taiwanese bamboo viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri
Creer, S., Thorpe, R., Malhotra, A., Chou, W. H. & Stenson, A. G., 1 Jan 2004, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17, 1, p. 100-107
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2003
- PublishedAssessing the phylogenetic utility of four mitochondrial genes and a nuclear intron in the Asian pit viper genus, Trimeresurus: Separate, simultaneous, and conditional data combination analyses
Creer, S., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Aug 2003, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20, 8, p. 1240-1251
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGenetic and ecological correlates of intraspecific variation in pitviper venom composition detected using matirx-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and isoelectric focusing
Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R., Stocklin, R. S., Favreau, P. S. & Chou, W. S., 1 Mar 2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 56, 3, p. 317-329
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeny, paraphyly and ecological adaptation of the colour and pattern in the Anolis roquet complex on Martinique.
Thorpe, R. S. & Stenson, A. G., 1 Jan 2003, In: Molecular Ecology. 12, 1, p. 117-132
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002
- PublishedAnalysis of color spectra in comparative evolutionary studies: Molecular phylogeny and habitat adaptation in the St. Vincent anole (Anolis trinitatis).
Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jul 2002, In: Systematic Biology. 51, 4, p. 554-569
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEight microsatellite loci in the Caribbean lizard, Anolis roquet.
Ogden, R., Griffiths, T. J. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sep 2002, In: Conservation Genetics. 3, 3, p. 345-346
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGeographic variation
Thorpe, R. S. & Pagel, M. D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2002, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution. 2002 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 430-435
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter - PublishedHeterologous amplification of microsatellite markers from colubroid snakes in European natricines (Serpentes : Natricinae).
Hille, A., Janssen, I. A., Menken, S. B., Schlegel, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2002, In: Journal of Heredity. 93, 1, p. 63-66
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMolecular evidence for ecological speciation in tropical habitats.
Ogden, R. & Thorpe, R. S., 15 Oct 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 99, 21, p. 13612-13615
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOffshore insular variation in the diet of the Taiwanese bamboo viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Schmidt)
Creer, S., Chou, W. H., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Aug 2002, In: Zoological Science. 19, 8, p. 907-913
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPopulation differentiation and nuclear gene flow in the Dominican anole (Anolis oculatus).
Stenson, A. G., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sep 2002, In: Molecular Ecology. 11, 9, p. 1679-1688
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe usefulness of amplified fragment length polymorphism markers for taxon discrimination across graduated fine evolutionary levels in Caribbean Anolis lizards.
Ogden, R. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Mar 2002, In: Molecular Ecology. 11, 3, p. 437-445
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2001
- PublishedCan microsatellites be used to infer phylogenies? Evidence from population affinities of the Western Canary Island lizard (Gallotia galloti)
Richard, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sep 2001, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20, 3, p. 351-360
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCombining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata : Serpentes : Viperidae).
Wuster, W., Puorto, G., Da Graca Salomao, M., Theakston, R. D., Thorpe, R. S., Warrell, D. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2001, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, 4, p. 527-538
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvidence that ultraviolet markings are associated with patterns of molecular gene flow.
Thorpe, R. S. & Richard, M., 27 Mar 2001, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 98, 7, p. 3929-3934
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIntraspecific phylogeography of Lacerta vivipara and the evolution of viviparity.
Surget-Groba, Y., Heulin, B., Guillaume, C. P., Thorpe, R. S., Kupriyanova, L., Vogrin, N., Maslak, R., Mazzotti, S., Vanczel, M., Ghira, I., Odierna, G., Leontyeva, O., Monney, J. C. & Smith, N., 1 Mar 2001, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 18, 3, p. 449-459
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMultiple causation of phylogeographical pattern as revealed by nested clade analysis of the bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) within Taiwan.
Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S. & Chou, W. H., 1 Aug 2001, In: Molecular Ecology. 10, 8, p. 1967-1981
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNuclear and mtDNA phylogenies of the Trimeresurus complex: Implications for the gene versus species tree debate.
Giannasi, N., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Apr 2001, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 19, 1, p. 57-66
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, Trimeresurus albolabris
Giannasi, N., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Feb 2001, In: Molecular Ecology. 10, 2, p. 419-426
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2000
- PublishedA morphometric study of a hybrid newt population (Triturus cristatus/T-carnifex): Beam Brook Nurseries, Surrey, UK
Brede, E. G., Thorpe, R. S., Arntzen, J. W. & Langton, T. E., 1 Aug 2000, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70, 4, p. 685-695
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedA phylogenetic analysis of body size evolution in the Anolis roquet group (Sauria : Iguanidae): character displacement or size assortment?
Giannasi, N., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Feb 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, 2, p. 193-202
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedA phylogeny of the Trimeresurus group of pit vipers: New evidence from a mitochondrial gene tree.
Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Aug 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 16, 2, p. 199-211
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHistorical biogeography of the western rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus viridis), inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence information
Pook, C. E., Wuster, W. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 May 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15, 2, p. 269-282
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhylogeography and natural selection in the Tenerife gecko Tarentola delalandii: testing historical and adaptive hypotheses.
Gubitz, T., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Sep 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, 9, p. 1213-1221
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPre-pleistocene refugia and differentiation between populations of the Caucasian salamander (Mertensiella caucasica).
Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Thorpe, R. S. & Arntzen, J. W., 1 Mar 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 14, 3, p. 414-422
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe dynamics of natural selection and vicariance in the Dominican anole: Patterns of within-island molecular and morphological divergence.
Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Feb 2000, In: Evolution. 54, 1, p. 245-258
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Projects
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Parallel Evolutionary Adaption to Climate Change
29/09/2010 – 30/04/2014 (Finished)
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Testing The Relative Importance Of Facts
04/01/2005 – 31/05/2008 (Finished)
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A Molecular Investigation Of The Impact
01/01/2005 – 31/07/2009 (Finished)
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Esf - Phd 04/07 - Wildlife Dna Services
04/10/2004 – 27/11/2007 (Finished)
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