Prof Stephen Rossiter

Stephen Rossiter

Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
ORCID Google Scholar

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

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability

2024

bullet iconDNA Methylation Carries Signatures of Sublethal Effects Under Thermal Stress in Loggerhead Sea Turtles
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
Evolutionary Applications, Wiley vol. 17 (9), e70013-e70013.  
15-09-2024
bullet iconDiscovery and biological confirmation of a highly divergent Tacaribe virus in metatranscriptomic data from neotropical bats
Fischer C, Cassiano MHA, Thomas WR, Dávalos LM, Leon Y, Salazar J, Rossiter SJ, Moreira-Soto A and Drexler JF
Msphere, American Society For Microbiology vol. 9 (10), e00520-e00524.  
11-09-2024
Relevant PublicationThresholds for adding degraded tropical forest to the conservation estate
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.
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 631 (8022), 808-813.  
17-07-2024
bullet iconEvolution of olfactory receptor superfamily in bats based on high throughput molecular modelling
Zhang T, Jing H, Wang J, Zhao L, Liu Y, Rossiter SJ, Lu H and Li G
Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley, e13958-e13958.  
03-04-2024

2023

bullet iconCochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution
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
The Anatomical Record, Wiley 
23-11-2023
bullet iconCorrigendum to “Diversification and introgression in four chromosomal taxa of the Pearson’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsoni) group” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 183 (2023) 107784]
Zhou W, Furey NM, Soisook P, Thong VD, Lim BK, Rossiter SJ and Mao X
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 189 
14-10-2023
bullet iconCommon ancestors of bats were omnivorous suggested by resurrection of ancestral sweet receptors
Li Y, Jiao H, Sin SYW, Wang R, Rossiter SJ and Zhao H
Science Bulletin, Elsevier 
20-07-2023
bullet iconDisentangling Mechanical and Sensory Modules in the Radiation of Noctilionoid Bats
Mutumi GL, Hall RP, Hedrick BP, Yohe LR, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Sears KE, Dávalos LM and Dumont ER
The American naturalist. vol. 202 (2), 216-230.  
12-06-2023
bullet iconComparative analyses of bat genomes identify distinct evolution of immunity in Old World fruit bats
Tian S, Zeng J, Jiao H, Zhang D, Zhang L, Lei CQ, Rossiter SJ and Zhao H
Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science vol. 9 (18) 
05-05-2023
bullet iconConvergent evolutionary shifts in rhodopsin retinal release explain shared opsin repertoires in monotremes and crocodilians
Guo J, Chi H, Zhang L, Song S, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 290 (1996) 
12-04-2023
bullet iconDiversification and introgression in four chromosomal taxa of the Pearson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsoni) group
Zhou W, Furey NM, Soisook P, Thong VD, Lim BK, Rossiter SJ and Mao X
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 183 
09-04-2023
Relevant PublicationChanges in trophic ecology of mobile predators in response to rainforest degradation
Kemp VA, Grey J, Hemprich-Bennett D, Rossiter SJ, Lewis OT, Wilkinson CL, Clare EL and Kratina P
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley 
21-03-2023
bullet iconEnhancing the ecological value of oil palm agriculture through set-asides
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
Nature Sustainability, Springer Nature vol. 6 (5), 513-525.  
06-02-2023

2022

bullet iconSafeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism
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.
Bioscience, Oxford University Press vol. 72 (11), 1118-1130.  
19-10-2022
bullet iconEcological constraints on highly evolvable olfactory receptor genes and morphology in neotropical bats
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
Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 76 (10), 2347-2360.  
01-10-2022
bullet iconMultiple dimensions of biodiversity in paleotropical hotspots reveal comparable bat diversity
Tanshi I, Obitte BC, Monadjem A, Rossiter SJ, Fisher-Phelps M and Kingston T
Biotropica, Wiley vol. 54 (5), 1205-1216.  
07-09-2022
bullet iconRiparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture
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.
Frontiers in Ecology and The Environment, Ecological Society of America vol. 20 (8), 459-466.  
31-05-2022
bullet iconThe elusive role of prolactin in the sociality of the naked mole-rat.
Gilbert JD, Rossiter SJ, Bennett NC and Faulkes CG
Hormones and Behavior, Elsevier vol. 143, 105196-105196.  
19-05-2022
bullet iconLocal-scale temperature gradients driven by human disturbance shape the physiological and morphological traits of dung beetle communities in a Bornean oil palm–forest mosaic
Williamson J, Teh E, Jucker T, Brindle M, Bush E, Chung AYC, Parrett J, Lewis OT, Rossiter SJ and Slade EM
Functional Ecology, Wiley 
26-04-2022
bullet iconExpert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities
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.
Journal of Biogeography, Wiley vol. 49 (5), 979-992.  
27-03-2022
bullet iconThe structure of tropical bat–plant interaction networks during an extreme El Niño-Southern Oscillation event
Oliveira HFM, Pinheiro RBP, Varassin IG, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Kuzmina M, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL
Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 31 (6), 1892-1906.  
15-02-2022

2021

bullet iconFind the food first: An omnivorous sensory morphotype predates biomechanical specialization for plant based diets in phyllostomid bats*
Hall RP, Mutumi GL, Hedrick BP, Yohe LR, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Sears K, Dávalos LM and Dumont ER
Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 75 (11), 2791-2801.  
01-11-2021
Relevant PublicationSelective Logging Shows No Impact on the Dietary Breadth of a Generalist Bat Species: The Fawn Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros cervinus)
Hemprich-Bennett DR, Kemp VA, Blackman J, Lewis OT, Struebig MJ, Bernard H, Kratina P, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution vol. 9, 750269-750269.  
20-10-2021
bullet iconAltered structure of bat–prey interaction networks in logged tropical forests revealed by metabarcoding
Hemprich‐Bennett DR, Kemp VA, Blackman J, Struebig MJ, Lewis OT, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL
Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (22), 5844-5857.  
08-09-2021
bullet iconNectar-feeding bats and birds show parallel molecular adaptations in sugar metabolism enzymes
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
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 31 (20), 4667-4674.e6.  
02-09-2021
bullet iconMitonuclear mismatch alters nuclear gene expression in naturally introgressed Rhinolophus bats
Ding Y, Chen W, Li Q, Rossiter SJ and Mao X
Frontiers in Zoology, Biomed Central vol. 18 (1) 
01-09-2021
bullet iconConvergent Phenotypic Evolution of Rhodopsin for Dim-Light Sensing across Deep-Diving Vertebrates
Xia Y, Cui Y, Wang A, Liu F, Chi H, Potter JHT, Williamson J, Chen X, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 38 (12), 5726-5734.  
31-08-2021
bullet iconParallel Independent Losses of G-Type Lysozyme Genes in Hairless Aquatic Mammals
Zhang X, Chi H, Li G, Irwin DM, Zhang S, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y
Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 13 (9) 
27-08-2021
bullet iconDietary Diversification and Specialization in Neotropical Bats Facilitated by Early Molecular Evolution.
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
Mol Biol Evol vol. 38 (9), 3864-3883.  
23-08-2021
bullet iconErratum to: Dietary Diversification and Specialization in Neotropical Bats Facilitated by Early Molecular Evolution
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
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 38 (10), 4657-4657.  
18-08-2021
bullet iconDung beetles as samplers of mammals in Malaysian Borneo – a test of high throughput metabarcoding of iDNA
Drinkwater R, Williamson J, Clare E, Chung A, Rossiter S and Slade E
Peerj, Peerj Inc. 
13-08-2021
bullet iconLarge-scale genome sampling reveals unique immunity and metabolic adaptations in bats
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
Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (23), 6449-6467.  
19-06-2021
bullet iconVulture Genomes Reveal Molecular Adaptations Underlying Obligate Scavenging and Low Levels of Genetic Diversity
Zou D, Tian S, Zhang T, Zhuoma N, Wu G, Wang M, Dong L, Rossiter SJ and Zhao H
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 38 (9), 3649-3663.  
04-05-2021
bullet iconInterrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
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
Systematic Biology, Oxford University Press vol. 70 (6), 1077-1089.  
04-03-2021
bullet iconDietary Diversification and Specialisation in New World Bats Facilitated by Early Molecular Evolution.
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
Mol Biol Evol 
15-02-2021
bullet iconAssessing the impact of taxon resolution on network structure
Hemprich‐Bennett DR, Oliveira HFM, Le Comber SC, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL
Ecology, Wiley vol. 102 (3) 
02-02-2021
bullet iconPopulation genetic structure of the insular Ryukyu flying fox Pteropus dasymallus
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
Biotropica, Wiley vol. 53 (2), 548-559.  
17-01-2021

2020

bullet iconLeech blood‐meal invertebrate‐derived DNA reveals differences in Bornean mammal diversity across habitats
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
Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 30 (13), 3299-3312.  
27-11-2020
bullet iconRiparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes
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
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley 
26-10-2020
bullet iconThe relationship between individual phenotype and the division of labour in naked mole-rats: it’s complicated
Gilbert JD, Rossiter SJ and Faulkes CG
Peerj, Peerj vol. 8 
29-09-2020
bullet iconEcholocation call frequency variation in horseshoe bats: molecular basis revealed by comparative transcriptomics.
Sun H, Chen W, Wang J, Zhang L, Rossiter SJ and Mao X
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 287 (1934) 
09-09-2020
bullet iconEcholocation call frequency variation in horseshoe bats: molecular basis revealed by comparative transcriptomics
Sun H, Chen W, Wang J, Zhang L, Rossiter SJ and Mao X
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 287 (1934) 
01-09-2020
bullet iconBat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID‐19
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.
Animal Conservation, Wiley vol. 24 (3), 303-307.  
31-08-2020
bullet iconGenome-wide data reveal discordant mitonuclear introgression in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis)
Mao X and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 150 
10-06-2020
Relevant PublicationConvergent Molecular Evolution Among Ash Species Resistant to the Emerald Ash Borer
Kelly L, Plumb W, Carey D, Mason M, Cooper E, Crowther W, Whittemore A, Rossiter S, Koch J and Buggs R
Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research 
25-05-2020
bullet iconWing morphology predicts individual niche specialization in Pteronotus mesoamericanus (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
De Oliveira HFM, Camargo NF, Hemprich-Bennett DR, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Rossiter SJ and Clare EL
Plos One, Plos vol. 15 (5) 
11-05-2020
bullet iconForaging shifts and visual preadaptation in ecologically diverse bats.
Davies KTJ, Yohe LR, Almonte J, Sánchez MKR, Rengifo EM, Dumont ER, Sears KE, Dávalos LM and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Ecology, Wiley 
15-04-2020
bullet iconConvergent spectral shifts to blue-green vision in mammals extends the known sensitivity of vertebrate M/LWS pigments
Chi H, Cui Y, Rossiter SJ and Liu Y
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
bullet iconPositive selection and inactivation in the vision and hearing genes of cetaceans.
McGowen MR, Tsagkogeorga G, Williamson J, Morin PA and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) 
14-03-2020
bullet iconAncestral Generalization as a Potential Gateway to Rapid Dietary Divergence in Neotropical Leaf-Nosed Bats
Hall RP, Mutumi GL, Hedrick BP, Yohe LR, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Davalos LM, Rossiter SJ, Sears K and Dumont ER
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 60, E94-E94.  
01-01-2020

2019

bullet iconEvolutionary history of the European free-tailed bat, a tropical affinity species spanning across the Mediterranean Basin
Amorim F, Razgour O, Mata VA, Lopes S, Godinho R, Ibáñez C, Juste J, Rossiter SJ, Beja P and Rebelo H
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Wiley vol. 58 (1), 499-518.  
25-11-2019
bullet iconTissue Collection of Bats for -Omics Analyses and Primary Cell Culture.
Yohe LR, Devanna P, Davies KTJ, Potter JHT, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Vernes SC and Dávalos LM
Journal of Visualized Experiments, Myjove (152) 
23-10-2019
bullet iconTissue Collection of Bats for -Omics Analyses and Primary Cell Culture
Yohe LR, Devanna P, Davies KTJ, Potter JHT, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Vernes SC and Dávalos LM
Journal of Visualized Experiments, Myjove (152) 
23-10-2019
bullet iconPhylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture.
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
Systematic Biology, Oxford University Press (Oup) 
21-10-2019
bullet iconEvaluating the performance of targeted sequence capture, RNA-Seq, and degenerate-primer PCR cloning for sequencing the largest mammalian multigene family.
Yohe LR, Davies KTJ, Simmons NB, Sears KE, Dumont ER, Rossiter SJ and Dávalos LM
Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley vol. 20 (1), 140-153.  
03-10-2019
bullet iconExpressed vomeronasal type-1 receptors (v1rs) in bats uncover conserved sequences underlying social chemical signaling
Yohe LR, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ and Dávalos LM
Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 11 (10), 2741-2749.  
19-08-2019
bullet iconOccurrence of blood-feeding terrestrial leeches (Haemadipsidae) in a degraded forest ecosystem and their potential as ecological indicators
Drinkwater R, Williamson J, Swinfield T, Deere NJ, Struebig MJ, Clare EL, Coomes D and Rossiter SJ
Biotropica 
30-07-2019
bullet iconMorphological Diversification under High Integration in a Hyper Diverse Mammal Clade
Hedrick BP, Mutumi GL, Munteanu VD, Sadier A, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ, Sears KE, Dávalos LM and Dumont E
Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 27 (3), 563-575.  
16-07-2019
bullet iconResolving evolutionary relationships among six closely related taxa of the horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus) with targeted resequencing data
Mao X, Tsagkogeorga G, Thong VD and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier vol. 139 
02-07-2019
bullet iconScotopic rod vision in tetrapods arose from multiple early adaptive shifts in the rate of retinal release
Liu Y, Cui Y, Chi H, Xia Y, Liu H, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
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
bullet iconErratum to: Degenerative Expansion of a Young Supergene
Stolle E, Pracana R, Howard P, Paris CI, Brown SJ, Castillo-Carrillo C, Rossiter SJ and Wurm Y
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 36 (5), 1111-1111.  
01-04-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationDegenerative Expansion of a Young Supergene
Stolle E, Pracana R, Howard P, Paris CI, Brown SJ, Castillo-Carrillo C, Rossiter SJ and Wurm Y
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 36 (3), 553-561.  
21-12-2018
bullet iconMultifactorial processes underlie parallel opsin loss in neotropical bats
Sadier A, Davies KT, Yohe LR, Yun K, Donat P, Hedrick BP, Dumont ER, Dávalos LM, Rossiter SJ and Sears KE
Elife, Elife vol. 7 
18-12-2018
bullet iconAs Blind as a Bat? Opsin Phylogenetics Illuminates the Evolution of Color Vision in Bats
Simões BF, Foley NM, Hughes GM, Zhao H, Zhang S, Rossiter SJ and Teeling EC
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 36 (1), 54-68.  
23-11-2018
bullet iconUsing metabarcoding to compare the suitability of two blood‐feeding leech species for sampling mammalian diversity in North Borneo
Drinkwater R, Schnell IB, Bohmann K, Bernard H, Veron G, Clare E, Gilbert MTP and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Ecology Resources, Wiley vol. 19 (1), 105-117.  
16-10-2018
bullet iconLimited Evidence for Parallel Molecular Adaptations Associated with the Subterranean Niche in Mammals: A Comparative Study of Three Superorders
Davies KTJ, Bennett NC, Faulkes CG and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 35 (10), 2544-2559.  
20-08-2018
bullet iconAssessing Soft-Tissue Shrinkage Estimates in Museum Specimens Imaged With Diffusible Iodine-Based Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (diceCT).
Hedrick BP, Yohe L, Vander Linden A, Dávalos LM, Sears K, Sadier A, Rossiter SJ, Davies KTJ and Dumont E
Microsc Microanal, 1-8.  
19-06-2018
bullet iconMolecular Data Support an Early Shift to an Intermediate-Light Niche in the Evolution of Mammals.
Liu Y, Chi H, Li L, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Mol Biol Evol vol. 35 (5), 1130-1134.  
01-05-2018
bullet iconAgeing-associated DNA methylation dynamics are a molecular readout of lifespan variation amongst mammalian species
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
Genome Biology, Biomed Central vol. 19 
16-02-2018

2017

bullet iconRecent Surveys of Bats from the Andaman Islands, India: Diversity, Distribution, and Echolocation characteristics
Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu A, Srinivasulu B, Gopi A, Dar TH, Bates PJJ, Rossiter SJ and Jones G
Acta Chiropterologica vol. 19 (2), 419-437.  
01-12-2017
bullet iconAn expanded mammal mitogenome dataset from Southeast Asia.
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
Gigascience vol. 6 (8), 1-8.  
13-07-2017
bullet iconA Taxonomic Revision of the Kerivoula hardwickii Complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with the Description of a New Species
Kuo HC, Soisook P, Ho YY, Csorba G, Wang CN and Rossiter SJ
Acta Chiropterologica vol. 19 (1), 19-39.  
01-06-2017
bullet iconGenomics of introgression in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) revealed by transcriptome sequencing
Mao X, Tsagkogeorga G, Bailey SE and Rossiter SJ
Biological Journal of The Linnean Society vol. 121 (3), 698-710.  
04-04-2017
bullet iconComparative genomics reveals contraction in olfactory receptor genes in bats
Tsagkogeorga G, Müller S, Dessimoz C and Rossiter SJ
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 
21-03-2017
bullet iconTrpc2 Pseudogenization dynamics in bats reveal ancestral vomeronasal signaling, then pervasive loss.
Yohe LR, Abubakar R, Giordano C, Dumont E, Sears K, Rossiter SJ and Dávalos LM
Evolution 
27-01-2017
bullet iconThe morphology of the bat sensory system: correlates of sight, chemosensation, and hearing in noctilionoid bats
Dumont ER, Hedrick B, Davalos LM, Rossiter S, Sears KE and Dumont E
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 57, E250-E250.  
01-01-2017

2016

Relevant PublicationThe database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project.
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.
Ecol Evol vol. 7 (1), 145-188.  
16-12-2016
bullet iconDifferential introgression suggests candidate beneficial and barrier loci between two parapatric subspecies of Pearson′s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pearsoni
Mao X, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Current Zoology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 62 (4), 405-412.  
14-03-2016
bullet iconThe Value of Molecular vs. Morphometric and Acoustic Information for Species Identification Using Sympatric Molossid Bats
Gager Y, Tarland E, Lieckfeldt D, Ménage M, Botero-Castro F, Rossiter SJ, Kraus RHS, Ludwig A and Dechmann DKN
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 11 (3) 
04-03-2016
bullet iconFemale philopatry and limited male-biased dispersal in the Ussuri tube-nosed bat, Murina ussuriensis
Flanders J, Inoue-Murayama M, Rossiter SJ and Hill DA
Journal of Mammalogy, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 97 (2), 545-553.  
04-01-2016
bullet iconSelection on the sniffer: olfactory receptor evolution shows association with diet
Yohe LR, Davies K, Rossiter SJ and Davalos LM
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 56, E246-E246.  
01-01-2016
bullet iconPhylogeny, Genes, and Hearing: Implications for the Evolution of Echolocation in Bats
Teeling EC, Jones G and Rossiter SJ
In Bat Bioacoustics, Springer Nature 25-54.  
01-01-2016

2015

bullet iconSpeciation processes in putative island endemic sister bat species: False impressions from mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite data
Kuo HC, Chen SF, Fang YP, Cotton JA, Parker JD, Csorba G, Lim BK, Eger JL, Chen CH, Chou CH and Rossiter SJ
Molecular Ecology vol. 24 (23), 5910-5926.  
01-12-2015
bullet iconSpeciation processes in putative island endemic sister bat species: false impressions from mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite data
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
Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 24 (23), 5910-5926.  
20-11-2015
bullet iconA phylogenomic analysis of the role and timing of molecular adaptation in the aquatic transition of cetartiodactyl mammals
Tsagkogeorga G, McGowen MR, Davies KTJ, Jarman S, Polanowski A, Bertelsen MF and Rossiter SJ
Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 2 (9) 
01-09-2015
bullet iconThe use of museum samples for large-scale sequence capture: a study of congeneric horseshoe bats (family Rhinolophidae)
Bailey SE, Mao X, Struebig M, Tsagkogeorga G, Csorba G, Heaney LR, Sedlock J, Stanley W, Rouillard J-M and Rossiter SJ
Biological Journal of The Linnean Society, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 117 (1), 58-70.  
03-08-2015
bullet iconDescription of a New Species of the Rhinolophus trifoliatus-Group (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Southeast Asia
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
Acta Chiropterologica, Museum and Institute of Zoology At The Polish Academy of Sciences vol. 17 (1), 21-36.  
01-06-2015
bullet iconIncreasing concern over trade in bat souvenirs from South-east Asia
Lee BPY-H, Struebig MJ, Rossiter SJ and Kingston T
Oryx, Cambridge University Press (Cup) vol. 49 (2), 204-204.  
01-04-2015
bullet iconMolecular evolution of the hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene in mammals: implications for adaptations to the subterranean niche and cancer resistance
Faulkes CG, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ and Bennett NC
Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 11 (5) 
01-01-2015
bullet iconFamily-wide molecular adaptations to underground life in African mole-rats revealed by phylogenomic analysis
Davies KTJ, Bennett NC, Tsagkogeorga G, Rossiter SJ and FAULKES CG
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup): Molecular Biology and Evolution 
01-01-2015
bullet iconUsing DNA barcoding to document interactions among bats, insects and plants in the highly fragmented Atlantic forest of Brazil
Teixeira TSM, Rossiter S and Clare E
Genome vol. 58 (5), 287-287.  
01-01-2015
bullet iconDNA barcoding unravels the role of morphology and echolocation in bat-insect relationships in Jamaica
de Oliveira HFM, Clare E, Rossiter S, Emrich M, Koenig S and Fenton MB
Genome vol. 58 (5), 250-250.  
01-01-2015
bullet iconBarcoding as a tool to assess trophic impacts in an experimental deforestation site in Borneo
Bennett D, Rossiter S and Clare E
GENOME. vol. 58 (5), 194-195.  
01-01-2015

2014

bullet iconDivergent evolutionary rates in vertebrate and mammalian specific conserved non-coding elements (CNEs) in echolocating mammals
Davies KT, Tsagkogeorga G and Rossiter SJ
Bmc Ecology and Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 14 (1) 
01-12-2014
Relevant PublicationThe PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts
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.
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (24), 4701-4735.  
01-12-2014
bullet iconMolecular evolution of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors in long-lived, small-bodied mammals.
Davies KTJ, Tsagkogeorga G, Bennett NC, Dávalos LM, Faulkes CG and Rossiter SJ
Gene vol. 549 (2), 228-236.  
10-10-2014
bullet iconAdaptive Functional Diversification of Lysozyme in Insectivorous Bats
Liu Y, He G, Xu H, Han X, Jones G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 31 (11), 2829-2835.  
18-08-2014
bullet iconDifferential introgression among loci across a hybrid zone of the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis).
Mao X, Zhu G, Zhang L, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Bmc Evol Biol vol. 14 
09-07-2014
bullet iconComparative rangewide phylogeography of four endemic Taiwanese bat species.
Kuo H-C, Chen S-F, Fang Y-P, Flanders J and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol vol. 23 (14), 3566-3586.  
01-07-2014
bullet iconMassive Losses of Taste Receptor Genes in Toothed and Baleen Whales
Feng P, Zheng J, Rossiter SJ, Wang D and Zhao H
Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 6 (6), 1254-1265.  
06-05-2014
bullet iconDeterminants and patterns of reproductive success in the greater horseshoe bat during a population recovery.
Ward HL, Ransome RD, Jones G and Rossiter SJ
Plos One vol. 9 (2) 
01-01-2014
bullet iconHeteroplasmy and ancient translocation of mitochondrial DNA to the nucleus in the Chinese Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) complex.
Mao X, Dong J, Hua P, He G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Plos One vol. 9 (5) 
01-01-2014
bullet iconDiversity of Malaysian insectivorous bat assemblages revisited
Lim L-S, Mohd-Adnan A, Zubaid A, Struebig MJ and Rossiter SJ
Journal of Tropical Ecology vol. 30, 111-121.  
01-01-2014

2013

bullet iconPhylogenomic analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of bats.
Tsagkogeorga G, Parker J, Stupka E, Cotton JA and Rossiter SJ
Curr Biol vol. 23 (22), 2262-2267.  
18-11-2013
bullet iconAdaptive evolution of tight junction protein claudin-14 in echolocating whales.
Xu H, Liu Y, He G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Gene vol. 530 (2), 208-214.  
10-11-2013
bullet iconGenome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals.
Parker J, Tsagkogeorga G, Cotton JA, Liu Y, Provero P, Stupka E and Rossiter SJ
Nature vol. 502 (7470), 228-231.  
10-10-2013
bullet iconMultiple bursts of pancreatic ribonuclease gene duplication in insect-eating bats.
Xu H, Liu Y, Meng F, He B, Han N, Li G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Gene vol. 526 (2), 112-117.  
10-09-2013
bullet iconPhylogeography and postglacial recolonization of Europe by Rhinolophus hipposideros: evidence from multiple genetic markers.
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
Mol Ecol vol. 22 (15), 4055-4070.  
01-08-2013
bullet iconAncient invasion of an extinct gammaretrovirus in cetaceans.
Wang L, Yin Q, He G, Rossiter SJ, Holmes EC and Cui J
Virology vol. 441 (1), 66-69.  
20-06-2013
bullet iconHistorical introgression and the persistence of ghost alleles in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis).
Mao X, He G, Hua P, Jones G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol vol. 22 (4), 1035-1050.  
01-02-2013
bullet iconEvolutionary origins of ultrasonic hearing and laryngeal echolocation in bats inferred from morphological analyses of the inner ear.
Davies KT, Maryanto I and Rossiter SJ
Front Zool vol. 10 (1) 
30-01-2013
bullet iconLineage divergence and historical gene flow in the Chinese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus).
Mao X, He G, Zhang J, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Plos One vol. 8 (2) 
01-01-2013
bullet iconAdaptive evolution of the myo6 gene in old world fruit bats (family: pteropodidae).
Shen B, Han X, Jones G, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Plos One vol. 8 (4) 
01-01-2013
bullet iconThe evolution of bat vestibular systems in the face of potential antagonistic selection pressures for flight and echolocation.
Davies KTJ, Bates PJJ, Maryanto I, Cotton JA and Rossiter SJ
Plos One vol. 8 (4) 
01-01-2013
bullet iconA phylomedicine approach to understanding the evolution of auditory sensory perception and disease in mammals
Kirwan JD, Bekaert M, Commins JM, Davies KTJ, Rossiter SJ and Teeling EC
Evolutionary Applications vol. 6 (3), 412-422.  
01-01-2013
bullet iconFrom the ultrasonic to the infrared: molecular evolution and the sensory biology of bats.
Jones G, Teeling EC and Rossiter SJ
Front Physiol vol. 4 
01-01-2013
bullet iconAncient invasion of an extinct gammaretrovirus in cetaceans
Wang L, Yin Q, He G, Rossiter SJ, Holmes EC and Cui J
Virology vol. 441 (1), 66-69.  
01-01-2013
bullet iconMultiple cases of asymmetric introgression among horseshoe bats detected by phylogenetic conflicts across loci
Mao X, Thong VD, Bates PJJ, Jones G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Biological Journal of The Linnean Society vol. 110 (2), 346-361.  
01-01-2013
bullet iconContinent-wide panmixia of an African fruit bat facilitates transmission of potentially zoonotic viruses.
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
Nat Commun vol. 4 
01-01-2013
bullet iconDevelopment and characterisation of microsatellite loci for Murina gracilis (Vespertilionidae) and cross-species amplification in two other congeneric species
Kuo H-C, Chen S-F and Rossiter SJ
Conservation Genetics Resources vol. 5 (4), 1117-1120.  
01-01-2013

2012

bullet iconOvercoming the issue of small sample sizes in fragmentation genetics
STRUEBIG MJ, LE COMBER SC and ROSSITER SJ
Molecular Ecology, Wiley vol. 21 (12), 2850-2851.  
09-05-2012
bullet iconParallel signatures of sequence evolution among hearing genes in echolocating mammals: an emerging model of genetic convergence.
Davies KTJ, Cotton JA, Kirwan JD, Teeling EC and Rossiter SJ
Heredity (Edinb) vol. 108 (5), 480-489.  
01-05-2012
bullet iconSocial organization and genetic structure: insights from codistributed bat populations.
Rossiter SJ, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A, Struebig MJ, Kunz TH, Gopal S, Petit EJ and Kingston T
Mol Ecol vol. 21 (3), 647-661.  
01-02-2012
bullet iconCorrection: Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in Heterothermic Bats
Yuan L, Zhao X, Lin B, Rossiter SJ, He L, Zuo X, He G, Jones G, Geiser F and Zhang S
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 7 (1) 
04-01-2012
bullet iconParallel signatures of sequence evolution among hearing genes in echolocating mammals: an emerging model of genetic convergence
Davies KTJ, Cotton JA, Kirwan J, Teeling EC and ROSSITER S
Heredity 
01-01-2012
bullet iconSocial organisation and genetic structure: insights from co-distributed bat populations.
ROSSITER S, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A, Struebig MJ, Kunz TH, Gopal S, Petit EJ and Kingston T
Molecular Ecology 
01-01-2012
bullet iconWhat is comparable in comparative cognition?
Chittka L, ROSSITER SJ, Skorupski P and Fernando C
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences vol. 367 (1603), 2677-2685.  
01-01-2012
bullet iconOvercoming the issue of small sample sizes in fragmentation genetics
STRUEBIG MJ, LE COMBER SC and ROSSITER SJ
Molecular Ecology vol. 21 (12), 2850-2851.  
01-01-2012
bullet iconAdaptive evolution in the glucose transporter 4 gene Slc2a4 in Old World fruit bats (family: Pteropodidae).
Shen B, Han X, Zhang J, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Plos One vol. 7 (4) 
01-01-2012
bullet iconMultiple Adaptive Losses of Alanine-Glyoxylate Aminotransferase Mitochondrial Targeting in Fruit-Eating Bats
Liu Y, Xu H, Yuan X, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 29 (6), 1507-1511.  
01-01-2012
bullet iconBat diversity in the lowland forests of the Heart of Borneo
Struebig MJ, Bozek M, Hildebrand J, Rossiter SJ and Lane DJW
Biodiversity and Conservation vol. 21 (14), 3711-3727.  
01-01-2012

2011

bullet iconPrestin shows divergent evolution between constant frequency echolocating bats.
Shen B, Avila-Flores R, Liu Y, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
J Mol Evol vol. 73 (3-4), 109-115.  
01-10-2011
bullet iconHierarchical polygyny in multiparous lesser flat-headed bats.
Hua P, Zhang L, Zhu G, Jones G, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol vol. 20 (17), 3669-3680.  
01-09-2011
bullet iconParallel declines in species and genetic diversity in tropical forest fragments.
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Petit EJ, Le Comber SC, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A and Rossiter SJ
Ecol Lett vol. 14 (6), 582-590.  
01-06-2011
bullet iconIdentifying the effects of the Pleistocene on the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, in East Asia using ecological niche modelling and phylogenetic analyses
Flanders J, Wei L, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY
J Biogeogr vol. 38 (3), 439-452.  
01-03-2011
bullet iconPrestin and high frequency hearing in mammals.
Rossiter SJ, Zhang S and Liu Y
Commun Integr Biol vol. 4 (2), 236-239.  
01-03-2011
bullet iconEvidence of Henipaviruses and Lyssaviruses in Isolated Island Populations of African Fruit Bats
Peel AJ, Loras AF, Baker KS, Hayman DTS, Kamins A, Rossiter SJ, Sargan DR, Wood JLN and Cunningham AA
Ecohealth vol. 7, S40-S40.  
01-01-2011
bullet iconParallel declines in species and genetic diversity in tropical forest fragments.
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Petit EJ, Le Comber SC, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A and Rossiter SJ
Ecology Letters 
01-01-2011
bullet iconPrestin and high frequency hearing in mammals
Rossiter SJ, Liu Y and Zhang S
Communicative and Integrative Biology, Landes Bioscience vol. 4 (2), 236-239.  
01-01-2011
bullet iconLong-term dynamics of a well-characterised food web: four decades of acidification and recovery in the Broadstone Stream model system.
Layer K, Hildrew AG, Jenkins GB, Riede J, Rossiter SJ and Woodward G
Advances in Ecological Research, Elsevier vol. 44, 69-117.  
01-01-2011
bullet iconLong-Term Dynamics of a Well-Characterised Food Web: Four Decades of Acidification and Recovery in the Broadstone Stream Model System
Layer K, Hildrew AG, Jenkins GB, Riede JO, Rossiter SJ, Townsend CR and Woodward G
Advances in Ecological Research, Vol 44 vol. 44, 69-117.  
01-01-2011
bullet iconAdaptive evolution of Leptin in heterothermic bats.
Yuan L, Zhao X, Lin B, Rossiter SJ, He L, Zuo X, He G, Jones G, Geiser F and Zhang S
Plos One vol. 6 (11) 
01-01-2011
bullet iconChapter Two Long-Term Dynamics of a Well-Characterised Food Web Four Decades of Acidification and Recovery in the Broadstone Stream Model System
Layer K, Hildrew AG, Jenkins GB, Riede JO, Rossiter SJ, Townsend CR and Woodward G
69-117.  
01-01-2011
bullet iconIsland 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.
Rossiter S
Biological Conservation, Elsevier vol. 144 (1) 
01-01-2011

2010

bullet iconContrasting genetic structure in two co-distributed species of old world fruit bat.
Chen J, Rossiter SJ, Flanders JR, Sun Y, Hua P, Miller-Butterworth C, Liu X, Rajan KE and Zhang S
Plos One vol. 5 (11) 
10-11-2010
bullet iconCetaceans on a Molecular Fast Track to Ultrasonic Hearing
Liu Y, Rossiter SJ, Han XQ, Cotton JA and Zhang SY
Curr Biol vol. 20 (20), 1834-1839.  
26-10-2010
bullet iconPleistocene climatic cycling drives intra-specific diversification in the intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) in Southern China.
Mao XG, Zhu GJ, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol vol. 19 (13), 2754-2769.  
01-07-2010
bullet iconHistorical male-mediated introgression in horseshoe bats revealed by multilocus DNA sequence data.
Mao X, Zhang J, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol vol. 19 (7), 1352-1366.  
01-04-2010
bullet iconPhylogeography of the Japanese pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus abramus, in China: the impact of ancient and recent events on population genetic structure
Wei L, Flanders JR, Rossiter SJ, Miller-Butterworth CM, Zhang LB and Zhang SYY
Biol J Linn Soc vol. 99 (3), 582-594.  
01-03-2010
bullet iconConvergent sequence evolution between echolocating bats and dolphins.
Liu Y, Cotton JA, Shen B, Han X, Rossiter SJ and Zhang S
Curr Biol vol. 20 (2), R53-R54.  
26-01-2010
bullet iconCharacterization of microsatellite loci in the straw-colored fruit bat, Eidolon helvum (Pteropodidae).
Peel AJ, Rossiter SJ, Wood JLN, Cunningham AA and Sargan DR
Conservation Genetic Resources vol. 2, 279-282.  
01-01-2010

2009

bullet iconRhodopsin molecular evolution in mammals inhabiting low light environments.
Zhao H, Ru B, Teeling EC, Faulkes CG, Zhang S and Rossiter SJ
Plos One vol. 4 (12) 
16-12-2009
bullet iconDeterminants of echolocation call frequency variation in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros)
Chen SF, Jones G and Rossiter SJ
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 276 (1674), 3901-3909.  
07-11-2009
bullet iconDeterminants of echolocation call frequency variation in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros).
Chen S-F, Jones G and Rossiter SJ
Proc Biol Sci vol. 276 (1674), 3901-3909.  
07-11-2009
bullet iconConservation importance of limestone karst outcrops for Palaeotropical bats in a fragmented landscape
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Zubaid A, Le Comber SC, Mohd-Adnan A, Turner A, Kelly J, Bozek M and Rossiter SJ
Biol Conserv vol. 142 (10), 2089-2096.  
01-10-2009
bullet iconThe evolution of color vision in nocturnal mammals.
Zhao H, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Li C, Cotton JA and Zhang S
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 106 (22), 8980-8985.  
02-06-2009
bullet iconIsolation and characterization of 13 microsatellite loci in Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat) with cross-amplification in five related species
Hua PY, Guo TT, Liu WC, Zhang SY and Rossiter S
Conserv Genet vol. 10 (3), 597-600.  
01-06-2009
bullet iconAdaptive evolution of 5'HoxD genes in the origin and diversification of the cetacean flipper.
Wang Z, Yuan L, Rossiter SJ, Zuo X, Ru B, Zhong H, Han N, Jones G, Jepson PD and Zhang S
Mol Biol Evol vol. 26 (3), 613-622.  
01-03-2009
bullet iconPhylogeography of the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: contrasting results from mitochondrial and microsatellite data.
Flanders J, Jones G, Benda P, Dietz C, Zhang S, Li G, Sharifi M and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol vol. 18 (2), 306-318.  
01-01-2009
bullet iconParentage and kinship analysis
ROSSITER S
In Ecological and Behavioral Methods For The Study of Bats, John Hopkins University Press Editors: Kunz TH and Parsons S. 
01-01-2009
bullet iconRecent surveys of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from China. I. Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
Zhang LB, Jones G, Zhang JS, Zhu GJ, Parsons S, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY
Acta Chiropterol vol. 11 (1), 71-88.  
01-01-2009
bullet iconDevelopment and characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) with cross-species amplification in closely related taxa
Liu WC, Zhang JS, Hua PY, Zhang SY and Rossiter SJ
Mol Ecol Resour vol. 9 (1), 183-185.  
01-01-2009

2008

bullet iconThe hearing gene Prestin reunites echolocating bats
Li G, Wang JH, Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Cottont JA and Zhang SY
P Natl Acad Sci Usa vol. 105 (37), 13959-13964.  
16-09-2008
bullet iconConservation value of forest fragments to Palaeotropical bats
Struebig MJ, Kingston T, Zubaid A, Mohd-Adnan A and Rossiter SJ
Biol Conserv vol. 141 (8), 2112-2126.  
01-08-2008
bullet iconIsolation and characterisation of microsatellite loci in the papillose woolly bat, Kerivoula papillosa (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae)
Struebig MJ, Horsburgh GJ, Pandhal J, Triggs A, Zubaid A, Kingston T, Dawson DA and Rossiter SJ
Conserv Genet vol. 9 (3), 751-756.  
01-06-2008
bullet iconSex-biased gene flow and colonization in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat: inference from nuclear and mitochondrial markers
Chen SF, Jones G and Rossiter SJ
J Zool vol. 274 (3), 207-215.  
01-03-2008
bullet iconIsolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Pratt's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros pratti) and cross-species amplification in closely related taxa
Liu WC, Hua PY, Zhang JP, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY
Conserv Genet vol. 9 (5), 1341-1343.  
01-01-2008

2007

bullet iconRangewide phylogeography in the greater horseshoe bat inferred from microsatellites: implications for population history, taxonomy and conservation.
Rossiter SJ, Benda P, Dietz C, Zhang S and Jones G
Mol Ecol vol. 16 (22), 4699-4714.  
01-11-2007
bullet iconAccelerated FoxP2 evolution in echolocating bats.
Li G, Wang J, Rossiter SJ, Jones G and Zhang S
Plos One vol. 2 (9) 
19-09-2007
bullet iconIsolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the flat-headed bat (Tylonycteris pachypus)
Hua PY, Chen JP, Zhang LB, Liang B, Rossiter SJ and Zhang SY
Mol Ecol Notes vol. 7 (3), 486-488.  
01-05-2007
bullet iconA new species of Hipposideros (Chiroptera : Hipposideridae) from Sulawesi
Bates PJJ, Rossiter SJ, Suyanto A and Kingston T
Acta Chiropterol vol. 9 (1), 13-26.  
01-01-2007

2006

bullet iconPhylogenetics of small horseshoe bats from east Asia based on mitochondrial DNA sequence variation
Li G, Jones G, Rossiter SJ, Chen SF, Parsons S and Zhang SY
J Mammal vol. 87 (6), 1234-1240.  
01-12-2006
bullet iconLong-term paternity skew and the opportunity for selection in a mammal with reversed sexual size dimorphism.
Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, Faulkes CG, Dawson DA and Jones G
Mol Ecol vol. 15 (10), 3035-3043.  
01-09-2006
bullet iconGenetic divergence and echolocation call frequency in cryptic species of Hipposideros larvatus s.l. (Chiroptera : Hipposideridae) from the Indo-Malayan region
Thabah A, Rossiter SJ, Kingston T, Zhang S, Parsons S, Mya K, Zubaid A and Jones G
Biol J Linn Soc vol. 88 (1), 119-130.  
01-05-2006
bullet iconPopulation genetic structure and demographic history of the endemic Formosan lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus monoceros).
Chen S-F, Rossiter SJ, Faulkes CG and Jones G
Mol Ecol vol. 15 (6), 1643-1656.  
01-05-2006
bullet iconCauses and consequences of genetic structure in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
ROSSITER SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM
In Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats, Oxford University Press 213-226. Editors: Zubaid A, McCracken GF and Kunz TH. 
01-01-2006

2005

bullet iconMate fidelity and intra-lineage polygyny in greater horseshoe bats.
Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, Faulkes CG, Le Comber SC and Jones G
Nature vol. 437 (7057), 408-411.  
15-09-2005
bullet iconDiet of flat-headed bats, Tylonycteris pachypus and T-robustula, in Guangxi, South China
Zhang LB, Jones G, Rossiter S, Ades G, Liang B and Zhang SY
J Mammal vol. 86 (1), 61-66.  
01-02-2005
bullet iconDIET OF FLAT-HEADED BATS, TYLONYCTERIS PACHYPUS AND T. ROBUSTULA, IN GUANGXI, SOUTH CHINA
Zhang L, Jones G, Rossiter S, Ades G, Liang B and Zhang S
Journal of Mammalogy vol. 86 (1), 61-66.  
01-02-2005
bullet iconResults of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests
Struebig MJ, Rossiter SJ, Bates PJJ, Kingston T, Oo SSL, Nwe AA, Aung MM, Win SS and Mya KM
Acta Chiropterol vol. 7 (1), 147-163.  
01-01-2005

2004

bullet iconHarmonic-hopping in Wallacea's bats.
Kingston T and Rossiter SJ
Nature vol. 429 (6992), 654-657.  
10-06-2004
bullet iconMicrosatellite loci for the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) and their cross-utility in 17 other bat species
Dawson DA, Rossiter SJ, Jones G and Faulkes CG
Mol Ecol Notes vol. 4 (1), 96-100.  
01-03-2004
bullet iconA new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae) from Myanmar (Burma)
Bates PJJ, Struebig MJ, Rossiter SJ, Kingston T, Oo SSL and Mya KM
Acta Chiropterol vol. 6 (2), 219-226.  
01-01-2004

2002

bullet iconRelatedness structure and kin-biased foraging in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 51 (6), 510-518.  
01-05-2002

2001

bullet iconOutbreeding increases offspring survival in wild greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum).
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM
Proc Biol Sci vol. 268 (1471), 1055-1061.  
22-05-2001

2000

bullet iconGenetic variation and population structure in the endangered greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum.
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM
Mol Ecol vol. 9 (8), 1131-1135.  
01-08-2000
bullet iconParentage, reproductive success and breeding behaviour in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum).
Rossiter SJ, Jones G, Ransome RD and Barratt EM
Proc Biol Sci vol. 267 (1443), 545-551.  
22-03-2000

1999

bullet iconCharacterization of microsatellite loci in the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum.
Rossiter SJ, Burland TM, Jones G and Barratt EM
Mol Ecol vol. 8 (11), 1959-1960.  
01-11-1999

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
solid heart iconThe molecular basis of viral tolerance in bats
Stephen Rossiter
£511,378 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
19-11-2024 - 18-11-2027


solid heart iconMigratory Birds In Costa Rica phase 2
Elizabeth Clare, Stephen Rossiter and Joanne Littlefair
£11,429 U.S Department of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service
01-09-2020 - 03-09-2023
solid heart iconA high-throughput platform for assembling genome data: the Saphyr
Stephen Rossiter, Richard Nichols and Chema Martin Duran
£271,357 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
01-10-2019 - 31-03-2020
solid heart iconBasic research on Hawaiian Horay Bats
Elizabeth Clare and Stephen Rossiter
£13,518 H.T Harvey & Associates
26-06-2019 - 25-06-2024
solid heart iconBiodiversity, environmental change and land-use policy in Sulawesi and Maluku
Stephen Rossiter and Laurent Frantz
£196,494 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
15-11-2018 - 31-03-2022
solid heart iconComparative genomics of sugar-eating bats: Implications for the genetics of glucose metabolism and d
Nicolas Nesi and Stephen Rossiter
£6,867 AGA American Genetic Association, The
01-06-2018 - 31-12-2020
solid heart iconLIDO Doctoral Programme: Ilya Levantis
Stephen Rossiter
£76,967 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2017 - 30-09-2020
solid heart iconCHIROGLU - Comparative genomics of sugar-eating bats: Implications for the genetics of glucose metabolism and diabetes
Stephen Rossiter
£146,764 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-06-2017 - 31-05-2019
solid heart iconNewton Mobility Grant
Stephen Rossiter
£5,880 Royal Society
01-02-2017 - 31-01-2020
solid heart iconTranscriptomics of African Fruit Bats in Response to Ebola Virus antigens
Stephen Rossiter and Georgia Tsagkogeorga
£58,000 Royal Society
01-12-2016 - 30-04-2018
solid heart iconBiodiversity, Ecosystem Functions & Policy
Stephen Rossiter
£61,919 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
01-03-2016 - 30-09-2019
solid heart iconDiscovering Genomic & Developmental Mechanisms
Stephen Rossiter
£56,192 NSF National Science Foundation (USA)
15-09-2014 - 31-08-2020
solid heart iconBiodiversity, Ecosystem Functions and Policy
Stephen Rossiter
£182,115 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
01-10-2013 - 30-09-2018