Prof Stephen Rossiter
Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Molecular ecology, bat ecology and evolution, Mammalian phylogenetics, southeast Asian biodiversity
Interests
I use approaches in molecular ecology, phylogenetics and molecular evolution to address questions in evolutionary biology and conservation. I am especially interested in the molecular basis of adaptation, population divergence and speciation. Most of my work focuses on mammals, particularly bats, which are highly diverse and possess a range of evolutionary innovations.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics2024
Yen EC, Gilbert JD, Balard A, Afonso IO, Fairweather K, Newlands D, Lopes A, Correia SM, Taxonera A, Rossiter SJ, Martín‐Durán JM and Eizaguirre C (2024). DNA Methylation Carries Signatures of Sublethal Effects Under Thermal Stress in Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Evolutionary Applications, Wiley vol. 17 (9), e70013-e70013. 15-09-2024
Fischer C, Cassiano MHA, Thomas WR, Dávalos LM, Leon Y, Salazar J, Rossiter SJ, Moreira-Soto A and Drexler JF (2024). Discovery and biological confirmation of a highly divergent Tacaribe virus in metatranscriptomic data from neotropical bats. mSphere, American Society for Microbiology vol. 9 (10), e00520-e00524. 11-09-2024
Ewers RM, Orme CDL, Pearse WD, Zulkifli N, Yvon-Durocher G, Yusah KM, Yoh N, Yeo DCJ, Wong A, Williamson J, Wilkinson CL, Wiederkehr F, Webber BL, Wearn OR, Wai L, Vollans M, Twining JP, Turner EC, Tobias JA, Thorley J, et al. (2024). Thresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 631 (8022), 808-813. 17-07-2024
Zhang T, Jing H, Wang J, Zhao L, Liu Y, Rossiter SJ, Lu H and Li G (2024). Evolution of olfactory receptor superfamily in bats based on high throughput molecular modelling. Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley, e13958-e13958. 03-04-2024
2023
Anthwal N, Hall RP, de la Rosa Hernandez FA, Koger M, Yohe LR, Hedrick BP, Davies KTJ, Mutumi GL, Roseman CC, Dumont ER, Dávalos LM, Rossiter SJ, Sadier A and Sears KE (2023). Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution. The Anatomical Record, Wiley 23-11-2023
Zhou W, Furey NM, Soisook P, Thong VD, Lim BK, Rossiter SJ and Mao X (2023). Corrigendum to “Diversification and introgression in four chromosomal taxa of the Pearson’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsoni) group” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 183 (2023) 107784]. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 189 14-10-2023
Li Y, Jiao H, Sin SYW, Wang R, Rossiter SJ and Zhao H (2023). Common ancestors of bats were omnivorous suggested by resurrection of ancestral sweet receptors. Science Bulletin, Elsevier 20-07-2023
Mutumi GL, Hall RP, Hedrick BP, Yohe LR, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Sears KE, Dávalos LM and Dumont ER (2023). Disentangling Mechanical and Sensory Modules in the Radiation of Noctilionoid Bats. The American naturalist. 12-06-2023
Tian S, Zeng J, Jiao H, Zhang D, Zhang L, Lei CQ, Rossiter SJ and Zhao H (2023). Comparative analyses of bat genomes identify distinct evolution of immunity in Old World fruit bats. Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science vol. 9 (18) 05-05-2023
Guo J, Chi H, Zhang L, Song S, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y (2023). Convergent evolutionary shifts in rhodopsin retinal release explain shared opsin repertoires in monotremes and crocodilians. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 290 (1996) 12-04-2023
Zhou W, Furey NM, Soisook P, Thong VD, Lim BK, Rossiter SJ and Mao X (2023). Diversification and introgression in four chromosomal taxa of the Pearson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsoni) group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 183 09-04-2023
Kemp VA, Grey J, Hemprich-Bennett D, Rossiter SJ, Lewis OT, Wilkinson CL, Clare EL and Kratina P (2023). Changes in trophic ecology of mobile predators in response to rainforest degradation. Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley 21-03-2023
Bicknell JE, O’Hanley JR, Armsworth PR, Slade EM, Deere NJ, Mitchell SL, Hemprich-Bennett D, Kemp V, Rossiter SJ, Lewis OT, Coomes DA, Agama AL, Reynolds G, Struebig MJ and Davies ZG (2023). Enhancing the ecological value of oil palm agriculture through set-asides. Nature Sustainability, Springer Nature vol. 6 (5), 513-525. 06-02-2023
2022
Struebig MJ, Aninta SG, Beger M, Bani A, Barus H, Brace S, Davies ZG, De Brauwer M, Diele K, Djakiman C, Djamaluddin R, Drinkwater R, Dumbrell A, Evans D, Fusi M, Herrera-Alsina L, Iskandar DT, Jompa J, Juliandi B, Lancaster LT, et al. (2022). Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism. BioScience, Oxford University Press vol. 72 (11), 1118-1130. 19-10-2022
Yohe LR, Fabbri M, Lee D, Davies KTJ, Yohe TP, Sánchez MKR, Rengifo EM, Hall RP, Mutumi G, Hedrick BP, Sadier A, Simmons NB, Sears KE, Dumont E, Rossiter SJ, Bhullar BAS and Dávalos LM (2022). Ecological constraints on highly evolvable olfactory receptor genes and morphology in neotropical bats. Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 76 (10), 2347-2360. 01-10-2022
Tanshi I, Obitte BC, Monadjem A, Rossiter SJ, Fisher-Phelps M and Kingston T (2022). Multiple dimensions of biodiversity in paleotropical hotspots reveal comparable bat diversity. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 54 (5), 1205-1216. 07-09-2022
Deere NJ, Bicknell JE, Mitchell SL, Afendy A, Baking EL, Bernard H, Chung AYC, Ewers RM, Heroin H, Joseph N, Lewis OT, Luke SH, Milne S, Fikri AH, Parrett JM, Payne M, Rossiter SJ, Vairappan CS, Vian CV, Wilkinson CL, et al. (2022). Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Ecological Society of America vol. 20 (8), 459-466. 31-05-2022
Gilbert JD, Rossiter SJ, Bennett NC and Faulkes CG (2022). The elusive role of prolactin in the sociality of the naked mole-rat. Hormones and Behavior, Elsevier vol. 143, 105196-105196. 19-05-2022
Williamson J, Teh E, Jucker T, Brindle M, Bush E, Chung AYC, Parrett J, Lewis OT, Rossiter SJ and Slade EM (2022). Local-scale temperature gradients driven by human disturbance shape the physiological and morphological traits of dung beetle communities in a Bornean oil palm–forest mosaic. Functional Ecology, Wiley 26-04-2022
Marsh CJ, Sica YV, Burgin CJ, Dorman WA, Anderson RC, del Toro Mijares I, Vigneron JG, Barve V, Dombrowik VL, Duong M, Guralnick R, Hart JA, Maypole JK, McCall K, Ranipeta A, Schuerkmann A, Torselli MA, Lacher T, Mittermeier RA, Rylands AB, et al. (2022). Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography, Wiley vol. 49 (5), 979-992. 27-03-2022
Oliveira HFM, Pinheiro RBP, Varassin IG, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Kuzmina M, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL (2022). The structure of tropical bat–plant interaction networks during an extreme El Niño-Southern Oscillation event. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 31 (6), 1892-1906. 15-02-2022
2021
Hall RP, Mutumi GL, Hedrick BP, Yohe LR, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Sears K, Dávalos LM and Dumont ER (2021). Find the food first: An omnivorous sensory morphotype predates biomechanical specialization for plant based diets in phyllostomid bats*. Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 75 (11), 2791-2801. 01-11-2021
Hemprich-Bennett DR, Kemp VA, Blackman J, Lewis OT, Struebig MJ, Bernard H, Kratina P, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL (2021). Selective Logging Shows No Impact on the Dietary Breadth of a Generalist Bat Species: The Fawn Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros cervinus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 9, 750269-750269. 20-10-2021
Hemprich‐Bennett DR, Kemp VA, Blackman J, Struebig MJ, Lewis OT, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL (2021). Altered structure of bat–prey interaction networks in logged tropical forests revealed by metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (22), 5844-5857. 08-09-2021
Potter JHT, Drinkwater R, Davies KTJ, Nesi N, Lim MCW, Yohe LR, Chi H, Zhang X, Levantis I, Lim BK, Witt CC, Tsagkogeorga G, Dos Reis M, Liu Y, Furey W, Whitley MJ, Aksentijevic D, Dávalos LM and Rossiter SJ (2021). Nectar-feeding bats and birds show parallel molecular adaptations in sugar metabolism enzymes. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 31 (20), 4667-4674.e6. 02-09-2021
Ding Y, Chen W, Li Q, Rossiter SJ and Mao X (2021). Mitonuclear mismatch alters nuclear gene expression in naturally introgressed Rhinolophus bats. Frontiers in Zoology, BioMed Central vol. 18 (1) 01-09-2021
Xia Y, Cui Y, Wang A, Liu F, Chi H, Potter JHT, Williamson J, Chen X, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y (2021). Convergent Phenotypic Evolution of Rhodopsin for Dim-Light Sensing across Deep-Diving Vertebrates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 38 (12), 5726-5734. 31-08-2021
Zhang X, Chi H, Li G, Irwin DM, Zhang S, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y (2021). Parallel Independent Losses of G-Type Lysozyme Genes in Hairless Aquatic Mammals. Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 13 (9) 27-08-2021
Potter JHT, Davies KTJ, Yohe LR, Sanchez MKR, Rengifo EM, Struebig M, Warren K, Tsagkogeorga G, Lim BK, Dos Reis M, Dávalos LM and Rossiter SJ (2021). Dietary Diversification and Specialization in Neotropical Bats Facilitated by Early Molecular Evolution. Mol Biol Evol vol. 38 (9), 3864-3883. 23-08-2021
Potter JHT, Davies KTJ, Yohe LR, Sanchez MKR, Rengifo EM, Struebig M, Warren K, Tsagkogeorga G, Lim BK, Reis MD, Dávalos LM and Rossiter SJ (2021). Erratum to: Dietary Diversification and Specialization in Neotropical Bats Facilitated by Early Molecular Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 38 (10), 4657-4657. 18-08-2021
Drinkwater R, Williamson J, Clare E, Chung A, Rossiter S and Slade E (2021). Dung beetles as samplers of mammals in Malaysian Borneo – a test of high throughput metabarcoding of iDNA. PeerJ, PeerJ Inc. 13-08-2021
Moreno Santillán DD, Lama TM, Gutierrez Guerrero YT, Brown AM, Donat P, Zhao H, Rossiter SJ, Yohe LR, Potter JH, Teeling EC, Vernes SC, Davies KTJ, Myers E, Hughes GM, Huang Z, Hoffmann F, Corthals AP, Ray DA and Dávalos LM (2021). Large-scale genome sampling reveals unique immunity and metabolic adaptations in bats. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (23), 6449-6467. 19-06-2021
Zou D, Tian S, Zhang T, Zhuoma N, Wu G, Wang M, Dong L, Rossiter SJ and Zhao H (2021). Vulture Genomes Reveal Molecular Adaptations Underlying Obligate Scavenging and Low Levels of Genetic Diversity. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 38 (9), 3649-3663. 04-05-2021
Nesi N, Tsagkogeorga G, Tsang SM, Nicolas V, Lalis A, Scanlon AT, Riesle-Sbarbaro SA, Wiantoro S, Hitch AT, Juste J, Pinzari CA, Bonaccorso FJ, Todd CM, Lim BK, Simmons NB, Mcgowen MR and Rossiter SJ (2021). Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Systematic Biology, Oxford University Press vol. 70 (6), 1077-1089. 04-03-2021
Potter JHT, Davies KTJ, Yohe LR, Sanchez MKR, Rengifo EM, Struebig M, Warren K, Tsagkogeorga G, Lim BK, Dos Reis M, Dávalos LM and Rossiter SJ (2021). Dietary Diversification and Specialisation in New World Bats Facilitated by Early Molecular Evolution. Mol Biol Evol 15-02-2021
Hemprich‐Bennett DR, Oliveira HFM, Le Comber SC, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL (2021). Assessing the impact of taxon resolution on network structure. Ecology, Wiley vol. 102 (3) 02-02-2021
Chen SF, Juan CH, Rossiter SJ, Kinjo T, Fukui D, Kawai K, Tsang SM, Veluz MJ, Sakurai H, Lin HC, Jang-Liaw NH, Osawa K, Ko WY and Izawa M (2021). Population genetic structure of the insular Ryukyu flying fox Pteropus dasymallus. Biotropica, Wiley vol. 53 (2), 548-559. 17-01-2021
2020
Drinkwater R, Jucker T, Potter JHT, Swinfield T, Coomes DA, Slade EM, Gilbert MTP, Lewis OT, Bernard H, Struebig MJ, Clare EL and Rossiter SJ (2020). Leech blood‐meal invertebrate‐derived DNA reveals differences in Bornean mammal diversity across habitats. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (13), 3299-3312. 27-11-2020
Williamson J, Slade EM, Luke SH, Swinfield T, Chung AYC, Coomes DA, Heroin H, Jucker T, Lewis OT, Vairappan CS, Rossiter SJ and Struebig MJ (2020). Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley 26-10-2020
Gilbert JD, Rossiter SJ and Faulkes CG (2020). The relationship between individual phenotype and the division of labour in naked mole-rats: it’s complicated. PeerJ, PeerJ vol. 8 29-09-2020
Sun H, Chen W, Wang J, Zhang L, Rossiter SJ and Mao X (2020). Echolocation call frequency variation in horseshoe bats: molecular basis revealed by comparative transcriptomics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 287 (1934) 09-09-2020
Sun H, Chen W, Wang J, Zhang L, Rossiter SJ and Mao X (2020). Echolocation call frequency variation in horseshoe bats: molecular basis revealed by comparative transcriptomics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 287 (1934) 01-09-2020
Rocha R, Aziz SA, Brook CE, Carvalho WD, Cooper‐Bohannon R, Frick WF, Huang JC, Kingston T, López‐Baucells A, Maas B, Mathews F, Medellin RA, Olival KJ, Peel AJ, Plowright RK, Razgour O, Rebelo H, Rodrigues L, Rossiter SJ, Russo D, et al. (2020). Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID‐19. Animal Conservation, Wiley vol. 24 (3), 303-307. 31-08-2020
Mao X and Rossiter SJ (2020). Genome-wide data reveal discordant mitonuclear introgression in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 150 10-06-2020
Kelly L, Plumb W, Carey D, Mason M, Cooper E, Crowther W, Whittemore A, Rossiter S, Koch J and Buggs R (2020). Convergent Molecular Evolution Among Ash Species Resistant to the Emerald Ash Borer. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 25-05-2020
De Oliveira HFM, Camargo NF, Hemprich-Bennett DR, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL (2020). Wing morphology predicts individual niche specialization in Pteronotus mesoamericanus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). PLoS ONE, PLoS vol. 15 (5) 11-05-2020
Davies KTJ, Yohe LR, Almonte J, Sánchez MKR, Rengifo EM, Dumont ER, Sears KE, Dávalos LM and Rossiter SJ (2020). Foraging shifts and visual preadaptation in ecologically diverse bats. Molecular Ecology, Wiley 15-04-2020
Chi H, Cui Y, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y (2020). Convergent spectral shifts to blue-green vision in mammals extends the known sensitivity of vertebrate M/LWS pigments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences vol. 117 (15), 8303-8305. 14-04-2020
McGowen MR, Tsagkogeorga G, Williamson J, Morin PA and Rossiter SJ (2020). Positive selection and inactivation in the vision and hearing genes of cetaceans. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) 14-03-2020
Hall RP, Mutumi GL, Hedrick BP, Yohe LR, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Davalos LM, Rossiter SJ, Sears K and Dumont ER (2020). Ancestral Generalization as a Potential Gateway to Rapid Dietary Divergence in Neotropical Leaf-Nosed Bats. 01-01-2020
2019
Amorim F, Razgour O, Mata VA, Lopes S, Godinho R, Ibáñez C, Juste J, Rossiter SJ, Beja P and Rebelo H (2019). Evolutionary history of the European free-tailed bat, a tropical affinity species spanning across the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Wiley vol. 58 (1), 499-518. 25-11-2019
Yohe LR, Devanna P, Davies KTJ, Potter JHT, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Vernes SC and Dávalos LM (2019). Tissue Collection of Bats for -Omics Analyses and Primary Cell Culture. Journal of Visualized Experiments, MyJove (152) 23-10-2019
Yohe LR, Devanna P, Davies KTJ, Potter JHT, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Vernes SC and Dávalos LM (2019). Tissue Collection of Bats for -Omics Analyses and Primary Cell Culture. Journal of Visualized Experiments, MyJove (152) 23-10-2019
McGowen MR, Tsagkogeorga G, Álvarez-Carretero S, Dos Reis M, Struebig M, Deaville R, Jepson PD, Jarman S, Polanowski A, Morin PA and Rossiter SJ (2019). Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture. Systematic Biology, Oxford University Press (OUP) 21-10-2019
Yohe LR, Davies KTJ, Simmons NB, Sears KE, Dumont ER, Rossiter SJ and Dávalos LM (2019). Evaluating the performance of targeted sequence capture, RNA-Seq, and degenerate-primer PCR cloning for sequencing the largest mammalian multigene family. Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley vol. 20 (1), 140-153. 03-10-2019
Yohe LR, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ and Dávalos LM (2019). Expressed vomeronasal type-1 receptors (v1rs) in bats uncover conserved sequences underlying social chemical signaling. Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 11 (10), 2741-2749. 19-08-2019
Drinkwater R, Williamson J, Swinfield T, Deere NJ, Struebig MJ, Clare EL, Coomes D and Rossiter SJ (2019). Occurrence of blood-feeding terrestrial leeches (Haemadipsidae) in a degraded forest ecosystem and their potential as ecological indicators. Biotropica 30-07-2019
Hedrick BP, Mutumi GL, Munteanu VD, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Sears KE, Dávalos LM and Dumont E (2019). Morphological Diversification under High Integration in a Hyper Diverse Mammal Clade. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 27 (3), 563-575. 16-07-2019
Mao X, Tsagkogeorga G, Thong VD and Rossiter SJ (2019). Resolving evolutionary relationships among six closely related taxa of the horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus) with targeted resequencing data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 139 02-07-2019
Liu Y, Cui Y, Chi H, Xia Y, Liu H, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2019). Scotopic rod vision in tetrapods arose from multiple early adaptive shifts in the rate of retinal release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences vol. 116 (26), 12627-12628. 10-06-2019
Stolle E, Pracana R, Howard P, Paris CI, Brown SJ, Castillo-Carrillo C, Rossiter SJ and Wurm Y (2019). Erratum to: Degenerative Expansion of a Young Supergene. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 36 (5), 1111-1111. 01-04-2019
2018
Stolle E, Pracana R, Howard P, Paris CI, Brown SJ, Castillo-Carrillo C, Rossiter SJ and Wurm Y (2018). Degenerative Expansion of a Young Supergene. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 36 (3), 553-561. 21-12-2018
Sadier A, Davies KT, Yohe LR, Yun K, Donat P, Hedrick BP, Dumont ER, Dávalos LM, Rossiter SJ and Sears KE (2018). Multifactorial processes underlie parallel opsin loss in neotropical bats. eLife, eLife vol. 7 18-12-2018
Simões BF, Foley NM, Hughes GM, Zhao H, Zhang S, Rossiter SJ and Teeling EC (2018). As Blind as a Bat? Opsin Phylogenetics Illuminates the Evolution of Color Vision in Bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 36 (1), 54-68. 23-11-2018
Drinkwater R, Schnell IB, Bohmann K, Bernard H, Veron G, Clare E, Gilbert MTP and Rossiter SJ (2018). Using metabarcoding to compare the suitability of two blood‐feeding leech species for sampling mammalian diversity in North Borneo. Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley vol. 19 (1), 105-117. 16-10-2018
Davies KTJ, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG and Rossiter SJ (2018). Limited Evidence for Parallel Molecular Adaptations Associated with the Subterranean Niche in Mammals: A Comparative Study of Three Superorders. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 35 (10), 2544-2559. 20-08-2018
Hedrick BP, Yohe L, Vander Linden A, Dávalos LM, Sears K, Sadier A, Rossiter SJ, Davies KTJ and Dumont E (2018). Assessing Soft-Tissue Shrinkage Estimates in Museum Specimens Imaged With Diffusible Iodine-Based Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (diceCT). Microsc Microanal, 1-8. 19-06-2018
Liu Y, Chi H, Li L, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2018). Molecular Data Support an Early Shift to an Intermediate-Light Niche in the Evolution of Mammals. Mol Biol Evol vol. 35 (5), 1130-1134. 01-05-2018
LOWE R, BARTON C, Jenkins C, Ernst C, Forman O, Fernandez-Twinn D, Bock C, ROSSITER S, FAULKES C, Ozanne S, Walter L, Odom D, Mellersh C and RAKYAN V (2018). Ageing-associated DNA methylation dynamics are a molecular readout of lifespan variation amongst mammalian species. Genome Biology, BioMed Central vol. 19 16-02-2018
2017
Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu A, Srinivasulu B, Gopi A, Dar TH, Bates PJJ, Rossiter SJ and Jones G (2017). Recent Surveys of Bats from the Andaman Islands, India: Diversity, Distribution, and Echolocation characteristics. Acta Chiropterologica vol. 19 (2), 419-437. 01-12-2017
Mohd Salleh F, Ramos-Madrigal J, Peñaloza F, Liu S, Mikkel-Holger SS, Riddhi PP, Martins R, Lenz D, Fickel J, Roos C, Shamsir MS, Azman MS, Burton KL, Stephen JR, Wilting A and Gilbert MTP (2017). An expanded mammal mitogenome dataset from Southeast Asia. Gigascience vol. 6 (8), 1-8. 13-07-2017
Kuo HC, Soisook P, Ho YY, Csorba G, Wang CN and Rossiter SJ (2017). A Taxonomic Revision of the Kerivoula hardwickii Complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with the Description of a New Species. Acta Chiropterologica vol. 19 (1), 19-39. 01-06-2017
Mao X, Tsagkogeorga G, Bailey SE and Rossiter SJ (2017). Genomics of introgression in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) revealed by transcriptome sequencing. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 121 (3), 698-710. 04-04-2017
Tsagkogeorga G, Müller S, Dessimoz C and Rossiter SJ (2017). Comparative genomics reveals contraction in olfactory receptor genes in bats. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 21-03-2017
Yohe LR, Abubakar R, Giordano C, Dumont E, Sears K, Rossiter SJ and Dávalos LM (2017). Trpc2 Pseudogenization dynamics in bats reveal ancestral vomeronasal signaling, then pervasive loss. Evolution 27-01-2017
Dumont ER, Hedrick B, Davalos LM, Rossiter S, Sears KE and Dumont E (2017). The morphology of the bat sensory system: correlates of sight, chemosensation, and hearing in noctilionoid bats. 01-01-2017
2016
Hudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Alhusseini TI, Bedford FE, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Burton VJ, Chng CWT, Choimes A, Correia DLP, Day J, Echeverría-Londoño S, Emerson SR, Gao D, Garon M, et al. (2016). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecol Evol vol. 7 (1), 145-188. 16-12-2016
Mao X, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2016). Differential introgression suggests candidate beneficial and barrier loci between two parapatric subspecies of Pearson′s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pearsoni. Current Zoology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 62 (4), 405-412. 14-03-2016
Gager Y, Tarland E, Lieckfeldt D, Ménage M, Botero-Castro F, Rossiter SJ, Kraus RHS, Ludwig A and Dechmann DKN (2016). The Value of Molecular vs. Morphometric and Acoustic Information for Species Identification Using Sympatric Molossid Bats. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 11 (3) 04-03-2016
Flanders J, Inoue-Murayama M, Rossiter SJ and Hill DA (2016). Female philopatry and limited male-biased dispersal in the Ussuri tube-nosed bat, Murina ussuriensis. Journal of Mammalogy, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 97 (2), 545-553. 04-01-2016
Yohe LR, Davies K, Rossiter SJ and Davalos LM (2016). Selection on the sniffer: olfactory receptor evolution shows association with diet. 01-01-2016
Teeling EC, Jones G and Rossiter SJ (2016). Phylogeny, Genes, and Hearing: Implications for the Evolution of Echolocation in Bats. Bat Bioacoustics 25-54. 01-01-2016
2015
Kuo HC, Chen SF, Fang YP, Cotton JA, Parker JD, Csorba G, Lim BK, Eger JL, Chen CH, Chou CH and Rossiter SJ (2015). Speciation processes in putative island endemic sister bat species: False impressions from mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology vol. 24 (23), 5910-5926. 01-12-2015
Kuo H-C, Chen S-F, Fang Y-P, Cotton JA, Parker JD, Csorba G, Lim BK, Eger JL, Chen C-H, Chou C-H and Rossiter SJ (2015). Speciation processes in putative island endemic sister bat species: false impressions from mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 24 (23), 5910-5926. 20-11-2015
Tsagkogeorga G, McGowen MR, Davies KTJ, Jarman S, Polanowski A, Bertelsen MF and Rossiter SJ (2015). A phylogenomic analysis of the role and timing of molecular adaptation in the aquatic transition of cetartiodactyl mammals. Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 2 (9) 01-09-2015
Bailey SE, Mao X, Struebig M, Tsagkogeorga G, Csorba G, Heaney LR, Sedlock J, Stanley W, Rouillard J-M and Rossiter SJ (2015). The use of museum samples for large-scale sequence capture: a study of congeneric horseshoe bats (family Rhinolophidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 117 (1), 58-70. 03-08-2015
Soisook P, Struebig MJ, Noerfahmy S, Bernard H, Maryanto I, Chen S-F, Rossiter SJ, Kuo H-C, Deshpande K, Bates PJJ, Sykes D and Miguez RP (2015). Description of a New Species of the Rhinolophus trifoliatus-Group (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Southeast Asia. Acta Chiropterologica, Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences vol. 17 (1), 21-36. 01-06-2015
Lee BPY-H, Struebig MJ, Rossiter SJ and Kingston T (2015). Increasing concern over trade in bat souvenirs from South-east Asia. Oryx, Cambridge University Press (CUP) vol. 49 (2), 204-204. 01-04-2015
Faulkes CG, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ and Bennett NC (2015). Molecular evolution of the hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene in mammals: implications for adaptations to the subterranean niche and cancer resistance. Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 11 (5) 01-01-2015
Davies KTJ, Bennett NC, Tsagkogeorga G, Rossiter SJ and FAULKES CG (2015). Family-wide molecular adaptations to underground life in African mole-rats revealed by phylogenomic analysis. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP): Molecular Biology and Evolution 01-01-2015
Teixeira TSM, Rossiter S and Clare E (2015). Using DNA barcoding to document interactions among bats, insects and plants in the highly fragmented Atlantic forest of Brazil. GENOME vol. 58 (5), 287-287. 01-01-2015
de Oliveira HFM, Clare E, Rossiter S, Emrich M, Koenig S and Fenton MB (2015). DNA barcoding unravels the role of morphology and echolocation in bat-insect relationships in Jamaica. GENOME vol. 58 (5), 250-250. 01-01-2015
Bennett D, Rossiter S and Clare E (2015). Barcoding as a tool to assess trophic impacts in an experimental deforestation site in Borneo. 01-01-2015
2014
Davies KT, Tsagkogeorga G and Rossiter SJ (2014). Divergent evolutionary rates in vertebrate and mammalian specific conserved non-coding elements (CNEs) in echolocating mammals. BMC Ecology and Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 14 (1) 01-12-2014
Hudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Senior RA, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Choimes A, Correia DLP, Day J, Echeverría-Londoño S, Garon M, Harrison MLK, Ingram DJ, Jung M, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, et al. (2014). The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (24), 4701-4735. 01-12-2014
Davies KTJ, Tsagkogeorga G, Bennett NC, Dávalos LM, Faulkes CG and Rossiter SJ (2014). Molecular evolution of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors in long-lived, small-bodied mammals. Gene vol. 549 (2), 228-236. 10-10-2014
Liu Y, He G, Xu H, Han X, Jones G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2014). Adaptive Functional Diversification of Lysozyme in Insectivorous Bats. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 31 (11), 2829-2835. 18-08-2014
Mao X, Zhu G, Zhang L, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2014). Differential introgression among loci across a hybrid zone of the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis). BMC Evol Biol vol. 14 09-07-2014
Kuo H-C, Chen S-F, Fang Y-P, Flanders J and Rossiter SJ (2014). Comparative rangewide phylogeography of four endemic Taiwanese bat species. Mol Ecol vol. 23 (14), 3566-3586. 01-07-2014
Feng P, Zheng J, Rossiter SJ, Wang D and Zhao H (2014). Massive Losses of Taste Receptor Genes in Toothed and Baleen Whales. Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 6 (6), 1254-1265. 06-05-2014
Ward HL, Ransome RD, Jones G and Rossiter SJ (2014). Determinants and patterns of reproductive success in the greater horseshoe bat during a population recovery. PLoS One vol. 9 (2) 01-01-2014
Mao X, Dong J, Hua P, He G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2014). Heteroplasmy and ancient translocation of mitochondrial DNA to the nucleus in the Chinese Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) complex. PLoS One vol. 9 (5) 01-01-2014
Lim L-S, Mohd-Adnan A, Zubaid A, Struebig MJ and Rossiter SJ (2014). Diversity of Malaysian insectivorous bat assemblages revisited. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY vol. 30, 111-121. 01-01-2014
2013
Tsagkogeorga G, Parker J, Stupka E, Cotton JA and Rossiter SJ (2013). Phylogenomic analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of bats. Curr Biol vol. 23 (22), 2262-2267. 18-11-2013
Xu H, Liu Y, He G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2013). Adaptive evolution of tight junction protein claudin-14 in echolocating whales. Gene vol. 530 (2), 208-214. 10-11-2013
Parker J, Tsagkogeorga G, Cotton JA, Liu Y, Provero P, Stupka E and Rossiter SJ (2013). Genome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals. Nature vol. 502 (7470), 228-231. 10-10-2013
Xu H, Liu Y, Meng F, He B, Han N, Li G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2013). Multiple bursts of pancreatic ribonuclease gene duplication in insect-eating bats. Gene vol. 526 (2), 112-117. 10-09-2013
Dool SE, Puechmaille SJ, Dietz C, Juste J, Ibáñez C, Hulva P, Roué SG, Petit EJ, Jones G, Russo D, Toffoli R, Viglino A, Martinoli A, Rossiter SJ and Teeling EC (2013). Phylogeography and postglacial recolonization of Europe by Rhinolophus hipposideros: evidence from multiple genetic markers. Mol Ecol vol. 22 (15), 4055-4070. 01-08-2013
Wang L, Yin Q, He G, Rossiter SJ, Holmes EC and Cui J (2013). Ancient invasion of an extinct gammaretrovirus in cetaceans. Virology vol. 441 (1), 66-69. 20-06-2013
Mao X, He G, Hua P, Jones G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2013). Historical introgression and the persistence of ghost alleles in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis). Mol Ecol vol. 22 (4), 1035-1050. 01-02-2013
Davies KT, Maryanto I and Rossiter SJ (2013). Evolutionary origins of ultrasonic hearing and laryngeal echolocation in bats inferred from morphological analyses of the inner ear. Front Zool vol. 10 (1) 30-01-2013
Mao X, He G, Zhang J, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2013). Lineage divergence and historical gene flow in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus). PLoS One vol. 8 (2) 01-01-2013
Shen B, Han X, Jones G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2013). Adaptive evolution of the myo6 gene in old world fruit bats (family: pteropodidae). PLoS One vol. 8 (4) 01-01-2013
Davies KTJ, Bates PJJ, Maryanto I, Cotton JA and Rossiter SJ (2013). The evolution of bat vestibular systems in the face of potential antagonistic selection pressures for flight and echolocation. PLoS One vol. 8 (4) 01-01-2013
Kirwan JD, Bekaert M, Commins JM, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ and Teeling EC (2013). A phylomedicine approach to understanding the evolution of auditory sensory perception and disease in mammals. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS vol. 6 (3), 412-422. 01-01-2013
Jones G, Teeling EC and Rossiter SJ (2013). From the ultrasonic to the infrared: molecular evolution and the sensory biology of bats. Front Physiol vol. 4 01-01-2013
Wang L, Yin Q, He G, Rossiter SJ, Holmes EC and Cui J (2013). Ancient invasion of an extinct gammaretrovirus in cetaceans. VIROLOGY vol. 441 (1), 66-69. 01-01-2013
Mao X, Thong VD, Bates PJJ, Jones G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2013). Multiple cases of asymmetric introgression among horseshoe bats detected by phylogenetic conflicts across loci. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY vol. 110 (2), 346-361. 01-01-2013
Peel AJ, Sargan DR, Baker KS, Hayman DTS, Barr JA, Crameri G, Suu-Ire R, Broder CC, Lembo T, Wang L-F, Fooks AR, Rossiter SJ, Wood JLN and Cunningham AA (2013). Continent-wide panmixia of an African fruit bat facilitates transmission of potentially zoonotic viruses. Nat Commun vol. 4 01-01-2013
Kuo H-C, Chen S-F and Rossiter SJ (2013). Development and characterisation of microsatellite loci for Murina gracilis (Vespertilionidae) and cross-species amplification in two other congeneric species. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES vol. 5 (4), 1117-1120. 01-01-2013
2012
STRUEBIG MJ, LE COMBER SC and ROSSITER SJ (2012). Overcoming the issue of small sample sizes in fragmentation genetics. Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 21 (12), 2850-2851. 09-05-2012
Davies KTJ, Cotton JA, Kirwan JD, Teeling EC and Rossiter SJ (2012). Parallel signatures of sequence evolution among hearing genes in echolocating mammals: an emerging model of genetic convergence. Heredity (Edinb) vol. 108 (5), 480-489. 01-05-2012
Rossiter SJ, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A, Struebig MJ, Kunz TH, Gopal S, Petit EJ and Kingston T (2012). Social organization and genetic structure: insights from codistributed bat populations. Mol Ecol vol. 21 (3), 647-661. 01-02-2012
Yuan L, Zhao X, Lin B, Rossiter SJ, He L, Zuo X, He G, Jones G, Geiser F and Zhang S (2012). Correction: Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in Heterothermic Bats. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 7 (1) 04-01-2012
Davies KTJ, Cotton JA, Kirwan J, Teeling EC and ROSSITER S (2012). Parallel signatures of sequence evolution among hearing genes in echolocating mammals: an emerging model of genetic convergence. Heredity 01-01-2012
ROSSITER S, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A, Struebig MJ, Kunz TH, Gopal S, Petit EJ and Kingston T (2012). Social organisation and genetic structure: insights from co-distributed bat populations. Molecular Ecology 01-01-2012
Chittka L, ROSSITER SJ, Skorupski P and Fernando C (2012). What is comparable in comparative cognition? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences vol. 367 (1603), 2677-2685. 01-01-2012
STRUEBIG MJ, LE COMBER SC and ROSSITER SJ (2012). Overcoming the issue of small sample sizes in fragmentation genetics. Molecular Ecology vol. 21 (12), 2850-2851. 01-01-2012
Shen B, Han X, Zhang J, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2012). Adaptive evolution in the glucose transporter 4 gene Slc2a4 in Old World fruit bats (family: Pteropodidae). PLoS One vol. 7 (4) 01-01-2012
Liu Y, Xu H, Yuan X, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2012). Multiple Adaptive Losses of Alanine-Glyoxylate Aminotransferase Mitochondrial Targeting in Fruit-Eating Bats. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION vol. 29 (6), 1507-1511. 01-01-2012
Struebig MJ, Bozek M, Hildebrand J, Rossiter SJ and Lane DJW (2012). Bat diversity in the lowland forests of the Heart of Borneo. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION vol. 21 (14), 3711-3727. 01-01-2012
2011
Shen B, Avila-Flores R, Liu Y, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2011). Prestin shows divergent evolution between constant frequency echolocating bats. J Mol Evol vol. 73 (3-4), 109-115. 01-10-2011
Hua P, Zhang L, Zhu G, Jones G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2011). Hierarchical polygyny in multiparous lesser flat-headed bats. Mol Ecol vol. 20 (17), 3669-3680. 01-09-2011
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Petit EJ, Le Comber SC, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A and Rossiter SJ (2011). Parallel declines in species and genetic diversity in tropical forest fragments. Ecol Lett vol. 14 (6), 582-590. 01-06-2011
Flanders J, Wei L, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY (2011). Identifying the effects of the Pleistocene on the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, in East Asia using ecological niche modelling and phylogenetic analyses. J BIOGEOGR vol. 38 (3), 439-452. 01-03-2011
Rossiter SJ, Zhang S and Liu Y (2011). Prestin and high frequency hearing in mammals. Commun Integr Biol vol. 4 (2), 236-239. 01-03-2011
Peel AJ, Loras AF, Baker KS, Hayman DTS, Kamins A, Rossiter SJ, Sargan DR, Wood JLN and Cunningham AA (2011). Evidence of Henipaviruses and Lyssaviruses in Isolated Island Populations of African Fruit Bats. ECOHEALTH vol. 7, S40-S40. 01-01-2011
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Petit EJ, Le Comber SC, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A and Rossiter SJ (2011). Parallel declines in species and genetic diversity in tropical forest fragments. Ecology Letters 01-01-2011
Rossiter SJ, Liu Y and Zhang S (2011). Prestin and high frequency hearing in mammals. Communicative and Integrative Biology, Landes Bioscience vol. 4 (2), 236-239. 01-01-2011
Layer K, Hildrew AG, Jenkins GB, Riede J, Rossiter SJ and Woodward G (2011). Long-term dynamics of a well-characterised food web: four decades of acidification and recovery in the Broadstone Stream model system. Advances in Ecological Research, Elsevier vol. 44, 69-117. 01-01-2011
Layer K, Hildrew AG, Jenkins GB, Riede JO, Rossiter SJ, Townsend CR and Woodward G (2011). Long-Term Dynamics of a Well-Characterised Food Web: Four Decades of Acidification and Recovery in the Broadstone Stream Model System. ADVANCES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, VOL 44 vol. 44, 69-117. 01-01-2011
Yuan L, Zhao X, Lin B, Rossiter SJ, He L, Zuo X, He G, Jones G, Geiser F and Zhang S (2011). Adaptive evolution of Leptin in heterothermic bats. PLoS One vol. 6 (11) 01-01-2011
Layer K, Hildrew AG, Jenkins GB, Riede JO, Rossiter SJ, Townsend CR and Woodward G (2011). Chapter Two Long-Term Dynamics of a Well-Characterised Food Web Four Decades of Acidification and Recovery in the Broadstone Stream Model System. 69-117. 01-01-2011
Rossiter S (2011). Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology and Conservation, Theodore H. Fleming, Paul A. Racey (Eds.). University of Chicago Press (2010). 560 pp., £45.00, Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-226-25330-5. Biological Conservation, Elsevier vol. 144 (1) 01-01-2011
2010
Chen J, Rossiter SJ, Flanders JR, Sun Y, Hua P, Miller-Butterworth C, Liu X, Rajan KE and Zhang S (2010). Contrasting genetic structure in two co-distributed species of old world fruit bat. PLoS One vol. 5 (11) 10-11-2010
Liu Y, Rossiter SJ, Han XQ, Cotton JA and Zhang SY (2010). Cetaceans on a Molecular Fast Track to Ultrasonic Hearing. CURR BIOL vol. 20 (20), 1834-1839. 26-10-2010
Mao XG, Zhu GJ, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2010). Pleistocene climatic cycling drives intra-specific diversification in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) in Southern China. Mol Ecol vol. 19 (13), 2754-2769. 01-07-2010
Mao X, Zhang J, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2010). Historical male-mediated introgression in horseshoe bats revealed by multilocus DNA sequence data. Mol Ecol vol. 19 (7), 1352-1366. 01-04-2010
Wei L, Flanders JR, Rossiter SJ, Miller-Butterworth CM, Zhang LB and Zhang SYY (2010). Phylogeography of the Japanese pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus abramus, in China: the impact of ancient and recent events on population genetic structure. BIOL J LINN SOC vol. 99 (3), 582-594. 01-03-2010
Liu Y, Cotton JA, Shen B, Han X, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S (2010). Convergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins. Curr Biol vol. 20 (2), R53-R54. 26-01-2010
Peel AJ, Rossiter SJ, Wood JLN, Cunningham AA and Sargan DR (2010). Characterization of microsatellite loci in the straw-colored fruit bat, Eidolon helvum (Pteropodidae). Conservation Genetic Resources vol. 2, 279-282. 01-01-2010
2009
Zhao H, Ru B, Teeling EC, Faulkes CG, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ (2009). Rhodopsin molecular evolution in mammals inhabiting low light environments. PLoS One vol. 4 (12) 16-12-2009
Chen SF, Jones G and Rossiter SJ (2009). Determinants of echolocation call frequency variation in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 276 (1674), 3901-3909. 07-11-2009
Chen S-F, Jones G and Rossiter SJ (2009). Determinants of echolocation call frequency variation in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros). Proc Biol Sci vol. 276 (1674), 3901-3909. 07-11-2009
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Zubaid A, Le Comber SC, Mohd-Adnan A, Turner A, Kelly J, Bozek M and Rossiter SJ (2009). Conservation importance of limestone karst outcrops for Palaeotropical bats in a fragmented landscape. BIOL CONSERV vol. 142 (10), 2089-2096. 01-10-2009
Zhao H, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Li C, Cotton JA and Zhang S (2009). The evolution of color vision in nocturnal mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 106 (22), 8980-8985. 02-06-2009
Hua PY, Guo TT, Liu WC, Zhang SY and Rossiter S (2009). Isolation and characterization of 13 microsatellite loci in Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat) with cross-amplification in five related species. CONSERV GENET vol. 10 (3), 597-600. 01-06-2009
Wang Z, Yuan L, Rossiter SJ, Zuo X, Ru B, Zhong H, Han N, Jones G, Jepson PD and Zhang S (2009). Adaptive evolution of 5'HoxD genes in the origin and diversification of the cetacean flipper. Mol Biol Evol vol. 26 (3), 613-622. 01-03-2009
Flanders J, Jones G, Benda P, Dietz C, Zhang S, Li G, Sharifi M and Rossiter SJ (2009). Phylogeography of the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: contrasting results from mitochondrial and microsatellite data. Mol Ecol vol. 18 (2), 306-318. 01-01-2009
ROSSITER S (2009). Parentage and kinship analysis. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats , Editors: Kunz TH and Parsons S. 01-01-2009
Zhang LB, Jones G, Zhang JS, Zhu GJ, Parsons S, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY (2009). Recent surveys of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from China. I. Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae. ACTA CHIROPTEROL vol. 11 (1), 71-88. 01-01-2009
Liu WC, Zhang JS, Hua PY, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ (2009). Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) with cross-species amplification in closely related taxa. MOL ECOL RESOUR vol. 9 (1), 183-185. 01-01-2009
2008
Li G, Wang JH, Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Cottont JA and Zhang SY (2008). The hearing gene Prestin reunites echolocating bats. P NATL ACAD SCI USA vol. 105 (37), 13959-13964. 16-09-2008
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A and Rossiter SJ (2008). Conservation value of forest fragments to Palaeotropical bats. BIOL CONSERV vol. 141 (8), 2112-2126. 01-08-2008
Struebig MJ, Horsburgh GJ, Pandhal J, Triggs A, Zubaid A, Kingston T, Dawson DA and Rossiter SJ (2008). Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite loci in the papillose woolly bat, Kerivoula papillosa (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae). CONSERV GENET vol. 9 (3), 751-756. 01-06-2008
Chen SF, Jones G and Rossiter SJ (2008). Sex-biased gene flow and colonization in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat: inference from nuclear and mitochondrial markers. J ZOOL vol. 274 (3), 207-215. 01-03-2008
Liu WC, Hua PY, Zhang JP, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY (2008). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Pratt's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros pratti) and cross-species amplification in closely related taxa. CONSERV GENET vol. 9 (5), 1341-1343. 01-01-2008
2007
Rossiter SJ, Benda P, Dietz C, Zhang S and Jones G (2007). Rangewide phylogeography in the greater horseshoe bat inferred from microsatellites: implications for population history, taxonomy and conservation. Mol Ecol vol. 16 (22), 4699-4714. 01-11-2007
Li G, Wang J, Rossiter SJ, Jones G and Zhang S (2007). Accelerated FoxP2 evolution in echolocating bats. PLoS One vol. 2 (9) 19-09-2007
Hua PY, Chen JP, Zhang LB, Liang B, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY (2007). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the flat-headed bat (Tylonycteris pachypus). MOL ECOL NOTES vol. 7 (3), 486-488. 01-05-2007
Bates PJJ, Rossiter SJ, Suyanto A and Kingston T (2007). A new species of Hipposideros (Chiroptera : Hipposideridae) from Sulawesi. ACTA CHIROPTEROL vol. 9 (1), 13-26. 01-01-2007
2006
Li G, Jones G, Rossiter SJ, Chen SF, Parsons S and Zhang SY (2006). Phylogenetics of small horseshoe bats from east Asia based on mitochondrial DNA sequence variation. J MAMMAL vol. 87 (6), 1234-1240. 01-12-2006
Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, Faulkes CG, Dawson DA and Jones G (2006). Long-term paternity skew and the opportunity for selection in a mammal with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Mol Ecol vol. 15 (10), 3035-3043. 01-09-2006
Thabah A, Rossiter SJ, Kingston T, Zhang S, Parsons S, Mya K, Zubaid A and Jones G (2006). Genetic divergence and echolocation call frequency in cryptic species of Hipposideros larvatus s.l. (Chiroptera : Hipposideridae) from the Indo-Malayan region. BIOL J LINN SOC vol. 88 (1), 119-130. 01-05-2006
Chen S-F, Rossiter SJ, Faulkes CG and Jones G (2006). Population genetic structure and demographic history of the endemic Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros). Mol Ecol vol. 15 (6), 1643-1656. 01-05-2006
ROSSITER SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM (2006). Causes and consequences of genetic structure in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats , Editors: Zubaid A, McCracken GF and Kunz TH. 213-226. 01-01-2006
2005
Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, Faulkes CG, Le Comber SC and Jones G (2005). Mate fidelity and intra-lineage polygyny in greater horseshoe bats. Nature vol. 437 (7057), 408-411. 15-09-2005
Zhang LB, Jones G, Rossiter S, Ades G, Liang B and Zhang SY (2005). Diet of flat-headed bats, Tylonycteris pachypus and T-robustula, in Guangxi, South China. J MAMMAL vol. 86 (1), 61-66. 01-02-2005
Zhang L, Jones G, Rossiter S, Ades G, Liang B and Zhang S (2005). DIET OF FLAT-HEADED BATS, TYLONYCTERIS PACHYPUS AND T. ROBUSTULA, IN GUANGXI, SOUTH CHINA. Journal of Mammalogy vol. 86 (1), 61-66. 01-02-2005
Struebig MJ, Rossiter SJ, Bates PJJ, Kingston T, Oo SSL, Nwe AA, Aung MM, Win SS and Mya KM (2005). Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests. ACTA CHIROPTEROL vol. 7 (1), 147-163. 01-01-2005
2004
Kingston T and Rossiter SJ (2004). Harmonic-hopping in Wallacea's bats. Nature vol. 429 (6992), 654-657. 10-06-2004
Dawson DA, Rossiter SJ, Jones G and Faulkes CG (2004). Microsatellite loci for the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) and their cross-utility in 17 other bat species. MOL ECOL NOTES vol. 4 (1), 96-100. 01-03-2004
Bates PJJ, Struebig MJ, Rossiter SJ, Kingston T, Oo SSL and Mya KM (2004). A new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae) from Myanmar (Burma). ACTA CHIROPTEROL vol. 6 (2), 219-226. 01-01-2004
2002
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM (2002). Relatedness structure and kin-biased foraging in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 51 (6), 510-518. 01-05-2002
2001
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM (2001). Outbreeding increases offspring survival in wild greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Proc Biol Sci vol. 268 (1471), 1055-1061. 22-05-2001
2000
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM (2000). Genetic variation and population structure in the endangered greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Mol Ecol vol. 9 (8), 1131-1135. 01-08-2000
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM (2000). Parentage, reproductive success and breeding behaviour in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Proc Biol Sci vol. 267 (1443), 545-551. 22-03-2000
1999
Rossiter SJ, Burland TM, Jones G and Barratt EM (1999). Characterization of microsatellite loci in the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Mol Ecol vol. 8 (11), 1959-1960. 01-11-1999
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional GenomicsThe molecular basis of viral tolerance in batsStephen Rossiter
£511,378 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-05-2024 - 30-04-2027)
Basic research on Hawaiian Horay BatsElizabeth Clare and Stephen Rossiter
£13,518 H.T Harvey & Associates (26-06-2019 - 25-06-2024)
Biodiversity, environmental change and land-use policy in Sulawesi and MalukuStephen Rossiter and Laurent Frantz
£196,494 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (15-11-2018 - 31-03-2022)
LIDO Doctoral Programme: Ilya LevantisStephen Rossiter
£76,967 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-10-2017 - 30-09-2020)