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2010
Thorpe
RS, Surget-Groba Y, Johansson H (2010) Genetic Tests for Ecological and
Allopatric Speciation in Anoles on an Island Archipelago. PLoS
Genet 6(4): e1000929. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000929 . http://www.plosgenetics.org/doi/pgen.1000929
Live Link <http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000929>
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Featured in | ScienceNOW(Science - AAAS) April
29, 2010
Island Reptiles Buck an Evolutionary Trend
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/04/island-reptiles-buck-an-evolutio.html.
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Featured in Science. Island Reptiles Buck
an Evolutionary Trend Science 2010. 328:677.
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Featured in Nature. Not-so-lonesome lizards Nature 2010 465:12. PDF
Malhotra
A, S Creer, CE Pook, RS Thorpe (2010) Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence
data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54 172–178. PDF
2009
J. Eales & R. S. Thorpe (2010). Revealing the geographic
origin of an invasive lizard: the problem of native population genetic
diversity. Biol Invasions 12:77–86
DOI 10.1007/s10530-009-9431-6. Email me for this article. r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk
Guo P, A Malhotra, RS Thorpe, S Creer & CE Pook
(2009) Comments on the systematic status of specimens belonging to the
genus Viridovipera (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Sichuan and
Yunnan provinces of southwestern China, with a redescription of V. yunnanensis.
Herpetological Journal 19: 151–162. PDF.
Dawnay N, Ogden R, Wetton JH, Thorpe RS, McEwing R.
2009. Genetic data from 28 STR loci for forensic individual identification
and parentage analyses in 6 bird of prey species. Forensic Science International:
Genetics 3 (2009) e63–e69 Epub 2008 Aug 15.
2008
Johansson H , Y Surget-Groba, RS. Thorpe (2008). The
roles of allopatric divergence and natural selection in quantitative trait
variation across a secondary contact zone in
the lizard Anolis roquet. Molecular Ecology 17, 5146–5156 doi:
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03979.x.
Email me at r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk
Blackwell Publishing.
Dawnay N, R McEwing, RS. Thorpe, R Ogden. (2008) Preliminary
data suggests genetic distinctiveness of gyr and saker falcons. Conserv
Genet (2008) 9:703–707
DOI 10.1007/s10592-007-9392-1. PDF
Dawson
K, A. Malhotra, R S Thorpe et al. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals
a new member of the Asian pitviper genus Viridivipera (Serpentes: Viperidae:
Crotalinae). Mol Phylo. Evol. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.044 PDF
Johansson, H.,
Surget-Groba, Y., Thorpe R. S. 2008 Microsatellite data
show evidence for male-biased dispersal in the Caribbean lizard Anolis
roquet. Mol Ecol. 17:4425-4432.email r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk
for a PDF
Thorpe,
R. S., Surget-Groba,Y. & Johansson, H. 2008. The relative
importance of ecology and geographic isolation for speciation in anoles.
Phil Trans. R. Soc Lond B. 363:3071-3081.email r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk
for a PDF PDF
Thorpe
RS et al 2008. Adaptive radiation in Lesser Antillean lizards: molecular
phylogenetics and species recognition in the Lesser Antillean dwarf gecko
complex, Sphaerodactylus fantasticus. Mol Ecol 17:1489-1504.
email r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk for a PDF
Eales,
J, RS Thorpe, A Malhotra 2008. Weak founder effect signal in a recent
introduction of Caribbean Anolis. Mol Ecol. 17:1416-1426.
email r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk for a PDF
Dawnay, N., R. Ogden, R. S. Thorpe, L. C. Pope, D. A. Dawson & R. McEwing. 2008. A forensic STR profiling system for the Eurasian badger: A framework for developing profiling systems for wildlife species. Forensic Science International: Genetics. 2: 47-53. PDF
Johansson,
H., Surget-Groba, Y., Gow, J.L., Thorpe R. S. 2008. Development of microsatellite
markers in the St Lucia anole, Anolis luciae. Mol. Ecol. Resources. 8:1408-1410
email r.s.thorpe@bangor.ac.uk for a PDF
2007
Gow
JL, H Johansson, Y Surget-Groba, R S Thorpe. 2006. Ten polymorphic
tetranucleotide microsatellite markers isolated from the Anolis
roquet series of Caribbean lizards. Molecular Ecology Notes. 6:873-876.
PDF
Sanders KL, A. Malhotra, R.S. Thorpe. 2006. Evidence for a Müllerian mimetic radiation in Asian pitvipers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:1135-1141. PDF
Sanders KL, A. Malhotra, R.S. Thorpe. 2006. Combining molecular,morphological and ecological data to infer species boundaries in a cryptic tropical pitviper.Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87: 343-664. PDF
2005
Thorpe RS. 2005.
Population evolution and island biogeography. Science. 310:1778-1779.
PDF
Science summary link http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/310/5755/1778?ijkey=jJvlLKRj4UDc6&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
Science Full text link http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/310/5755/1778?ijkey=jJvlLKRj4UDc6&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
Creer S, A Malhotra,
R S Thorpe, C E Pook. 2005. Targetting introns for phylogenetic
analyses in non-model taxa: experimental results in Asian pitvipers.
Cladistics. 21:390-395. PDF
Thorpe, RS DL Leadbeater, C
Thorpe RS, JT Reardon, A Malhotra. 2005. Common garden and natural selection experiments support ecotypic differentiation in the Dominican anole (Anolis oculatus). Amer Nat . 165:495-504. PDF
Wüster W, JE
Ferguson, JA Quijada-Mascareñas, CE Pook, MG Salomão &
RS Thorpe 2005 Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia and
the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae:
Crotalus durissus) . Mol Ecol.
14: 1095-1108. PDF
Gübitz T, RS
Thorpe, A Malhotra 2005. The dynamics of genetic
and morphological variation on volcanic islands Proc
R. Soc B. 272:751-757. PDF
Malhotra A, &
RS Thorpe. 2005. Erratum to “A phylogeny of four mitochondrial
gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus
and Ovophis)” {Mol Phylogenet. Evol. 32 (2004) 83-100]. Mol Phylo.
Evol. 34:68-681. PDF
2004
Stenson,AG RS Thorpe and A Malhotra. 2004. Evolutionary differentiation
of bimaculatus group anoles based on analyses of mtDNA
and microsatellite data. Mol Phylo Evol 32:1-10. PDF
Malhotra, A., and
R.S.Thorpe. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions
suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pit vipers (Trimeresurus
and Ovophis). Mol Phylo Evol. 32: 83-100. PDF
Creer, S., Thorpe,
R.S., Malhotra, A., W.-H. Chou.
& AG Stenson 2004. The utility of AFLPs for supporting mitochondrial
DNA phylogeographical analysres in the Taiwanese bamboo viper,
Trimeresurus stejnegeri. J.
Evol. Biol. 17: 100-107. PDF
Sanders,
K.L., A. Malhotra, and R.S. Thorpe. 2004. Ecological diversification
in a group of Indomalayan pitvipers (Trimeresurus):
convergence in taxonomically important traits has implications
for species identification. J. Evol. Biol. 17:
721-731. PDF
Malhotra, A., and
R.S. Thorpe. 2004. Maximising information in systematic revisions:
a combined molecular and morphological analysis of a cryptic green
pitviper complex (Trimeresurus stejnegeri). Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 82: 219-235. PDF
Malhotra,
A., R.S. Thorpe and B.L. Stuart. 2004. A morphometric
analysis of Trimeresurus vogeli (David, Vidal and Pauwels, 2001),
with new data on diagnostic characteristics, distribution and natural history. Herpetological
Journal. 14: 65-77. PDF
Malhotra, A., and
R.S. Thorpe. 2004. Reassessment of the validity and diagnosis
of the pitviper Trimeresurus venustus Vogel, 1991 Herpetological Journal, 14: 21-33. PDF
Sanders, K.L., A. Malhotra,
A. Gumprecht, R. S. Thorpe & U. Kuch. 2004. Poeia inornata,
a new species of pitviper from
Thorpe RS, Malhotra
A, Stenson AG and Reardon JT (2004) Adaptation
and speciation in Lesser Antillean anoles. In: (eds.) Dieckmann,
U., Doebeli, M., Metz JAJ, and Tautz,
D., (Eds.) pp322-344 In: Adaptive Speciation, Cambridge University Press,
2003
Thorpe RS. 2003.
Garth Underwood (1919-2002): A vision of reptile systematics.
Herpetological Review. 34:6-8. PDF
Thorpe RS and Stenson
AG (2003) Phylogeny, paraphyly and
ecological adaptation of the colour and pattern in the Anolis roquet complex on
Creer S, Malhotra
A and Thorpe RS (2003) Assessing
the phylogenetic utility of four mitochondrial genes and a nuclear
intron in the Asian pitviper genus Trimeresurus: separate, simultaneous, and conditional data
combination analyses. Mol Biol Evol 20, 1240-1251.
PDF
Creer S, Malhotra
A, Thorpe RS, Stocklin R, Favreau P and Chou W-H (2003) Genetic and ecological correlates of intraspecific
variation in pitviper venom composition detected using matrix
assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS)
and isoelectric focusing. J Mol Evol 56, 317-329. PDF
2002
Thorpe RS (2002).
Analysis of Color Spectra in Comparative Evolutionary Studies:
Molecular Phylogeny and Habitat Adaptation in the St. Vincent
Anole (Anolis trinitatis). Syst Biol
51: 554-569. PDF
Stenson AG, Malhotra A,
Thorpe RS (2002).
Population differentiation and nuclear gene flow in the Dominican
anole (Anolis oculatus). Mol. Ecol. 11: 1679-1688. PDF
Creer, S., Chou, W.-H., Malhotra,
A. and Thorpe, R.S. 2002. Offshore insular variation in the diet of the Taiwanese
bamboo viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Schmidt). Zoological Science, 19:907-913. PDF
Sanders, K.L., Malhotra,
A., and R.S. Thorpe. 2002. A contribution to the systematics of two
commonly confused pitvipers from the Sunda region: Trimeresurus
hageni and T. sumatranus. Bull. Nat. Hist.
Mus, Zoology, 68(2):107-111. PDF
Hille A, Janssen
IAW, Menken SBJ, Schlegel M, Thorpe RS (2002).
Heterologous Amplification of Microsatellite Markers From Colubroid
Snakes in European Natricines (Serpentes : Natricinae). Journal of Heredity 93: 63-66. PDF
Thorpe RS (2002) Geographic variation. In: Pagel MD, (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Evolution, pp. 430-435.
Wuster W, Salomao
MG, Quijada-Mascarenas JA, Thorpe RS. 2002. Origins and evolution
of the South American pit viper fauna: evidence from mitiochondrial
DNA sequence analysis. In. Biology of the Vipers
(eds Schuett GW, Hoggren M, Douglas ME, Greene HW) pp 111-128 Eagle
Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mt,
Wüster W, Thorpe
RS Salomao MG, Thomas, L., Puorto G, Theakston RDG, & Warrell, DA. 2002.
Origin and phylogenetic position of the Lesser Antillean species of Bothrops (Serpentes, Viperidae): biogeographical and medical
implications. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus, Zoology,
68: 101-106. PDF
2001
Thorpe RS,
Richard M (2001). Evidence That Ultraviolet Markings Are Associated With
Patterns of Molecular Gene Flow. PNAS 98:
3929-3934. PDF
Creer S, Malhotra A,
Thorpe RS,
Chou WH (2001). Multiple Causation of Phylogeographical
Pattern as Revealed by Nested Clade Analysis of the Bamboo Viper
(Trimeresurus stejnegeri) Within Taiwan. Mol.
Ecol. 10: 1967-1981. PDF
Giannasi N, Malhotra A,
Thorpe RS (2001).
Nuclear and MtDNA Phylogenies of the Trimeresurus
Complex: Implications for the Gene Versus Species Tree Debate.
Mol Phylo Evol 19: 57-66. PDF
Giannasi N, Thorpe RS,
Malhotra A
(2001). The Use of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism in Determining
Species Trees at Fine Taxonomic Levels: Analysis of a Medically Important
Snake, Trimeresurus albolabris. Mol. Ecol. 10: 419-426. PDF
Richard M, Thorpe RS (2001).
Can microsatellites be used to infer phylogenies? Evidence from
population affinities of the western
Surget-Groba Y,
Heulin B, Guillaume G P, Thorpe RS, Kupriyanova
L, Vogrin N, Maslak R, Mazzotti S, Venczel M, Ghira I, Odierna G, Leontyeva
O, Monney JC, Smith N (2001). Intraspecific Phylogeography of Lacerta vivipara and the Evolution of Viviparity. Mol Phylo Evol 18: 449-459. PDF
Puorto G, Salomao
MD, Theakston RDG, Thorpe RS, Warrell
DA, Wüster W
(2001). Combining Mitochondrial DNA Sequences and Morphological
Data to Infer Species Boundaries: Phylogeography of Lanceheaded Pitvipers
in the
2000
Richard M &
Thorpe R S. 2000.Highly polymorphic microsatellites in the lacertid
Gallotia galloti from the western
Stenson A, Malhotra A, Thorpe R S. 2000. Highly
polymorphic micriosatellite loci. from the Dominican anole (Anolis oculatus) and their amplification in other bimaculatus series anoles. Mol Ecol. 9:1661-1686.
PDF
Malhotra A &
Thorpe R S. 2000. A phylogeny of the Trimeresurus
group of pit-vipers: new evidence from a mitochondrial gene tree.
Mol Phylo Evol. 16:199-211.
PDF
Giannasi,
N, Thorpe R S, & Malhotra A. 2000. A phylogenetic analysis
of body size evolution in the Anolis roquet group
(Sauria: Iguanidae) character displacement or size assortment? Mol Ecol. 9:193-202. PDF
Gübitz
T, Thorpe R S, Malhotra A, 2000. Phylogeography and natural selection
in the
Tarkhnishvili
D, Thorpe R S , Arntzen JW 2000. Pre-Pleistocene refugia and
differentiation between populations of the Caucasian salamander
(Mertensiella caucasica). Mol Phylo
Evol. 14:414-422. PDF
Pook,
C E, Wüster W, Thorpe, R S. 2000. Historical biogeography
of the Western Rattlesnake (Serpentes:Viperidae: Crotalus
viridis) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence information.
Mol. Phyl. Evol. 15:269-282. PDF
Malhotra
A & R S Thorpe. 2000. The dynamics of natural selection
and vicariance in the Dominican anole: patterns of within-island
molecular and morphological divergence. Evolution 54:245-258. PDF
Brede EG, Thorpe
RS, Arntzen JW, Langton TES. 2000. A morphometric study of a
hybrid newt population (Triturus cristatus/T.carnifex):
Beam Brook Nurseries,
1999
Arntzen,
JW, Thorpe R S. 1999 Italian crested newts (Triturus carnifex)
in the
Malhotra,
A. & R S Thorpe. 1999. Reptiles and Amphibians
of the
Tarkhnishvili,
DN, JW Arntzen & RS Thorpe 1999 Morphological variation
in brown frogs from the
Wüster W, Salomao
MG, Duckett GJ, Thorpe RS. 1999. Mitochondrial DNA evolution of the Bothrops atrox species complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae).
Kaupia 8:135-144. PDF
Salomao MG, Wüster
W, Thorpe RS, 1999. MtDNA evolution in neotropical pitvipers
of the genus Bothrops (Sqamata: Serpentes: Viperidae).
Kaupia 8: 127-134. PDF
Wüster W, JC
Daltry, & RS Thorpe. 1999. Can diet explain intraspecific venom variation?
Reply to Sasa. Toxicon 37:253-258. PDF
1998
Thorpe
RS & A Malhotra. 1998. Molecular and morphological evolution
within small islands. pp 67-82 in PR Grant Ed. “Evolution on islands”.
Daltry
JC, T Ross, RS Thorpe,
Daltry
JC, Wüster, W, Thorpe RS. 1998. Intraspecific variation
in feeding ecology of the crotaline snake Calloselasma
rhodostoma in
Saino N, Wuster
W, Thorpe RS. 1998. Congruence between morphological variation
and altitudinal gradient across a hybrid zone between carrion
and hooded crows. Italian Journal of Zoology 65: 407-412
Raybould AF, Mogg
RJ, Aldham C, Gliddon CJ, Thorpe RS, Clarke RT. 1998. The genetic
structure of sea beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima)
populations. III. Detection of isolation by distance at microsatellite
loci. Heredity 80:127-132.
1997
Thorpe,
R S,
Salomao,
M D G, Wüster, W., Thorpe, RS. & Touzet JM. 1997. DNA evolution of South American pit vipers of the
genus Bothrops (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae).
Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 70:89-98. PDF
Malhotra,
A. & Thorpe R S. 1997. New perspectives on the evolution
of South-east Asian pit vipers (genus Trimeresurus)
from molecular studies. Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 70:115-128.
PDF
Daltry,
J, Wüster, W, & Thorpe R S. 1997. The role of ecology
in determining venom variation in the Malayan pit viper, Calloselasma rhodostoma. Symp.
zool. Soc. Lond. 70:155-171. PDF
Wüster,
W. Salomao, MG, & Thorpe RS, Puorto G., Furtado MFD., Hoge
SA, Theakston RDG., & Warrell, DA. 1997. Systematics of the
Bothrops atrox complex: new insights from multivariate
analysis and mitochondrial DNA sequence information. Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 70:99-113. PDF
Belt,
PJ., Malhotra A., Thorpe RS., Warrell DA, & Wüster
W. 1997. Russell's viper in
Malhotra,
A. & Thorpe R S. 1997. Microgeographic variation in scalation
of Anolis oculatus (
Malhotra,
A. & Thorpe R S. 1997. Size and shape variation in a Lesser
Antillean anole, Anolis oculatus (Sauria:Iguanidae)
in relation to habitat. Biol. J. Linn Soc.60:53-72.
PDF
Overton,
J.L., D J Macintosh & R S Thorpe. 1997. Multivariate analysis
of the mud crab Scylla serrata (Brachyura:Portunidae)
from four locations in
Giannasi,
N., R S Thorpe & A Malhotra. 1997. Introduction of Anolis species to the
1996
Daltry,
JC, Wüster, W, & Thorpe R S. 1996. Diet and snake venom
evolution. Nature. 379:537-540. PDF
Thorpe,
R. S. 1996. The use of DNA divergence to help determine the
correlates of evolution of morphological characters. Evolution. 50:524-531. PDF
Malhotra,
A., Thorpe, R. S., H. Black, J.
C. Daltry, and W. Wüster. 1996. Relating geographic patterns
to phylogenetic processes. In "New uses for new phylogenies"
ed P. H. Harvey, A. J. Leigh-Brown, J. Maynard Smith & S. Nee.
Wüster,
W., R.S. Thorpe, G. Puorto. 1996. Systematics of the Bothrops atrox complex (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae)
in Brasil: a multivariate analysis. Herpetologica,
52:263-271. PDF
Daltry,
J., G.Ponnudurai, C K Shin, N H Tan, R S Thorpe,
Thorpe,
R S , H Black & A Malhotra. 1996. Matrix correspondence
tests on the DNA phylogeny of the Tenerife Lacertid elucidates
both historical causes and morphological adaptation. Systematic Biology. 45:335-343. PDF
Thorpe,
R S & A Malhotra. 1996. Molecular and morphological evolution
within small islands. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society Lond. B. 351:815-822. PDF
Thorpe,
R. S & A Malhotra. 1996. Evolutionary ecology of lizards
(review). T.R.E.E. 11:523.
1995
Thorpe,
R.S., A. Malhotra, H. Black, J.C. Daltry & W. Wüster
1995. Relating geographic pattern to phylogenetic process. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Lond B.
349:61-68.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S., J.Daltry, W. Wüster, A. Malhotra and N.L. Thorpe.
1995. The biology of dangerous snakes: systematics and venom evolution.
Toxicon 35: 589. PDF
Wüster,
W., R.S. Thorpe, M.J. Cox, P. Jintakune & J. Nabhitabhata.
1995. Population systematics of the snake genus Naja
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae) in
Malhotra
, A. and R. S. Thorpe. 1995. Ameiva fuscata. Catalogue
of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Ed. A Price. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 606:1-3.
PDF
1994
Wüster,
W. and Thorpe, R. S. 1994. Naja siamensis, a
cryptic species of dangerously venomous snake revealed by mtDNA
sequencing. Experientia. 50:75-79. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S., D.P. McGregor, A.M. Cumming and W.C. Jordan. 1994. DNA
evolution and colonization sequence of island lizards in relation
to geological history: mtDNA RFLP, cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase,
12s rRNA sequence, and nuclear RAPD analysis. Evolution. 48:230-240. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S., R. P. Brown, M. Day, A. Malhotra, D. P. McGregor &
W. Wuster. 1994. Testing ecological and phylogenetic hypotheses
in microevolutionary studies. In Phylogenetics and Ecology. Ed
P. Eggleton and R. Vane-Wright. Academic Press. pp 189-206. PDF
Malhotra,
A. and Thorpe, R. S. 1994. Parallels between island lizards
suggests selection on mitochondrial DNA and morphology. Proc Roy Soc B. 257:37-42. PDF
Castellano,
S., Malhotra, A. and Thorpe, R. S. 1994. Within-island geographic
variation of the dangerous Taiwanese snake Trimerusurus
stejnegeri, in relation to ecology. Biol J Linn
Soc. 52:365-375. PDF
Pierce,
G J., R S Thorpe, L C Hastie, A
Pierce,
G J., L C Hastie, A Guerra, R S Thorpe, F G Howard, P R Boyle.
1994. Morphometric variation in Loligo forbesi and Loligo vulgaris:
regional, seasonal, sex, maturity and worker differences. Fisheries Research 21:127-148. PDF
1993
Thorpe,
R.S. & M. Baez. 1993. Geographic variation in scalation
of the lizard Gallotia stehlini within the
Thorpe,
R.S., McGregor, D. & Cumming, A.M. 1993. Population evolution
of western
Malhotra,
A. & Thorpe, R.S. 1993. An experimental field study of an
eurytopic anole, Anolis oculatus. J. Zool. Lond. 229: 163-170. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S., McGregor, D. & Cumming, A.M. 1993. Molecular phylogeny
of the
Brown,
R. P., Thorpe, R. S. & Baez, M. 1993. Patterns and causes
of morphological population differentiation in the
1992
Malhotra
, A. and R. S. Thorpe. 1992. Anolis oculatus. Catalogue
of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Ed. A Price. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.540:1-4.
PDF
Wüster,
W. and R. S. Thorpe. 1992. Asiatic cobras: Population systematics
of the Naja naja species complex (Serpentes:Elapidae)
in
Wüster,
W., S. Otsuka, R. S. Thorpe, and A. Malhotra. 1992. Morphological
variation in Russell's viper in
Wüster,
W. & R.S. Thorpe. 1992. Dentitional phenomena in Cobras
revisited: spitting and fang structure in the Asiatic species
of Naja (Serpentes: Elapidae).
Herpetologica: 48:424‑434. PDF
Wüster,
W., S. Otsuka, A. Malhotra and R.S. Thorpe. 1992. Population
systematics of Russell's viper: a multivariate study. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 47:97‑113. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. & Malhotra, A. 1992. Are Anolis lizards evolving? Nature,
355:506. PDF
Brown,
R.P., Thorpe, R.S. & Speakman, JR. 1992. Body size, field
energetics and water flux in a skink (Chalcides sexlineatus).
Day,
M. and R S Thorpe. 1992. The Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima, on St. Barthelemy. Herpetofauna
News.
2:11.
Allegrucci,
G., Baldari, F., Caesaroni, D., Thorpe, R.S. & Sbordoni,
V. 1992. Morphometric
analysis of interspecific and microgeographic variation of crayfish
from a Mexican cave. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 47:455-468.
1991
Brown,
R.P., R.S. Thorpe & M. Baez. 1991. Parallel within‑island
microevolution of lizards on neighbouring islands. Nature. 352:60‑62.
PDF
Malhotra,
A. & R.S. Thorpe. 1991. Experimental detection of rapid
evolutionary response in natural lizard populations. Nature. 353:347‑348. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. and R.P. Brown. 1991. Microgeographic clines in the size
of mature male Gallotia galloti (Squamata: Lacertidae)
on
Wüster,
W. & R. S. Thorpe. 1991. Asiatic cobras: systematics and
snake bite. Experientia. 47:205‑209.
PDF
Malhotra,
A. and R. S. Thorpe. 1991. Microgeographic variation in Anolis oculatus on the
Thorpe,
R.S. 1991. Clines and cause: Microgeographic variation in the
Thorpe,
R.S., R.P. Brown, A. Malhotra & W. Wüster, 1991. Geographic
variation and population systematics: distinguishing between
ecogenetics and phylogenetics. Boll. Zool.58:
329‑335. PDF
Brown,
R. P., and R. S. Thorpe. 1991. Within‑island microgeographic
variation in body dimensions and scalation of the skink Chalcides sexlineatus, with testing of causal hypotheses.
Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 44:47‑64.
PDF
Brown,
R. P. and R. S. Thorpe. 1991. Within‑island microgeographic
variation in the colour pattern of the skink, Chalcides
sexlineatus: pattern and cause. J. Evol. Biol. 4:557‑574. PDF
Greer,
A., Thorpe, R.S. & Malhotra, A. 1991. Natural history notes
from the Roe Plain,
1990
Wüster,
W and Thorpe, R.S. 1990. Systematics and biogeography of the
Asiatic cobra (Naja naja) species complex in the
Philippine Islands. In Peters G. and R. Hutterer
(Eds.) Vertebrates in the Tropics.
333‑344. Museum A Koenig,
Baez,
M. and R. S. Thorpe. 1990. Analisis preliminar de las divergencias
entre las poblaciones de Chalcides viridanus en
las Islas Canarias. Vieraea. 19:209‑213.
Brown,
R.P., R. S. Thorpe and M. Baez. 1990. Within‑island geographic
variation of Chalcides in
1989
Wüster,
W. & Thorpe, R.S. 1989. Population affinities of the Asiatic
cobra (Naja naja) species complex in south-east
Thorpe,
R.S. 1989. Geographic variation: Multivariate analysis of six
character systems in snakes in relation to character number. Copeia. 1989:63‑70. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. & Brown R.P. 1989. Microgeographic variation in the
colour pattern of the lizard Gallotia galloti
within the
Corti,
M. & Thorpe, R.S. 1989. Morphological clines across a karyotypic
hybrid zone of house mice in central
Thorpe,
R.S. & Brown, R.P. 1989. Testing hypothesized causes of
within‑island geographic variation in the colour of lizards. Experientia 45:397‑400.
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Thorpe,
R.S. 1989. Pattern and function of sexual dimorphism: A biometric
study of character variation in the grass snake (Natrix
natrix, Colubridae) due to sex and its interaction with geography.
Copeia. 1989:53‑63.
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Thorpe,
R. S. 1989. A review of "Natural History Excursions in
1988
Thorpe,
R.S. 1988. Multiple group principal component analysis and population
differentiation. J.
Zool. Lond.
216:37‑40. PDF
Corti,
M., Thorpe, R.S., Sola, L., Sbordoni, V. & Cataudella, S.
1988. Multivariate
morphometrics in aquaculture: a case study of six stocks of the
common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from
1987
Thorpe,
R.S. & Baez, M. 1987. Geographic variation within an island:
univariate and multivariate contouring of scalation, size and
shape of the lizard Gallotia galloti. Evolution. 41:256‑268.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1987. Congruence between independent character systems
across a hybrid zone: patterns in geographic space. Z. Zool. Syst. Evolut- forsch. 25:161‑169. PDF
Wüster,
W. & Thorpe, R.S. 1987. Geographic variation in the cobras
of the genus Naja in south‑east
Thorpe,
R.S. 1987. Geographic variation: a synthesis of cause, data,
pattern and congruence in relation to subspecies, multivariate
analysis and phylogenesis. Boll. Zool. 54:3‑11.
PDF
Searle,
J.B. & Thorpe, R.S. 1987. Morphological variation in the
common shrew (Sorex araneus) in relation to karyotype
and geography. J. Zool. Lond. 212:373‑377.
Thorpe,
R.S. 1987. Complex clines: the predictivity of complicated patterns
of geographic variation portrayed by multivariate analysis. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 31:75‑88.
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1986
Thorpe,
R.S. 1986. Evolution and character congruence in some western
Thorpe, R. S. 1986. Population affinities
and morphometry with particular reference to geographic variation
in reptiles. DSc Thesis.
1985
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. Relative similarity between subspecies of the western
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. Extent of racial divergence in the eastern Canary
island lizard, Gallotia atlantica.
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. Alternative hypotheses for the causation of geographic
variation in the western
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. Body size, island size and variability in the
Thorpe,
R.S., Watt, K. & Baez, M. 1985. Some interrelationships
of the
Baez,
M. & Thorpe, R.S. 1985. Microevolution of the lizard Gallotia galloti within the
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. Character number and the multivariate analysis of
simple patterns of geographic variation: categorical or "stepped
clinal" variation. Syst. Zool. 34:127‑139.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. Clines: character number and the multivariate analysis
of simple patterns of geographic variation. Biol.
J. Linn. Soc. 26:201‑214.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. A numerical analysis of isoelectric focused keratin
monomers: affinities of some western
Thorpe,
R.S. 1985. The effect of insignificant characters on the multivariate
analysis of simple patterns of geographic variation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 26:215‑223.
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1984
Thorpe,
R.S. 1984. Multivariate patterns of geographic variation between
the island and mainland populations of the eastern grass snake
(Natrix natrix natrix). J. Zool. Lond.
204:551‑561.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1984. Primary and secondary transition zones in speciation
and population differentiation: a phylogenetic analysis of range
expansion. Evolution. 38:233‑243.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1984. Coding morphometric characters for constructing Distance
Wagner networks. Evolution. 38:244‑255.
PDF
Leamy,
L. & Thorpe, R.S. 1984. Morphometric studies in inbred and
hybrid house mice. Heterosis, homeostasis and heritability of
size and shape. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 22:233‑241.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1984. Geographic variation in the western grass snake (Natrix natrix helvetica) in relation to hypothesized phylogeny
and conventional subspecies. J.Zool. Lond. 203:345‑355.
PDF
Boyle,
P.R. & Thorpe, R.S. 1984. Optic gland enlargement and female
gonad maturation in a population of the octopus Eledone
cirrhosa: a multivariate analysis. Marine Biol.
79:127‑132.
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1983
Thorpe,
R.S. & Giddings, M.R. 1983. The biochemistry of keratin
in green geckos (Phelsuma) and its systematic
value. Herpetologica. 39:399‑410. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1983. A biometric study of the effects of growth on the
analysis of geographic variation: tooth number in green geckos
(Reptilia: Phelsuma). J. Zool. Lond. 201:13‑26.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. & Leamy, L. 1983. Morphometric studies in inbred and
hybrid house mice (Mus sp): a multivariate analysis
of size and shape. J. Zool. Lond. 199:421‑432.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1983. Phylogenetic analysis of range expansion in the grass
snake: reticulate evolution: primary and secondary contact zones.
Numerical Taxonomy: Proceedings
of a NATO Advanced Study Institute. NATO Advanced Study Institute
Series G (Ecological Sciences), No.1, ed. Felsenstein,
J. ,
Thorpe,
R.S. 1983. A review of the numerical methods for recognising
and analysing racial differentiation. Numerical
Taxonomy: Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute.
NATO Advanced Study Institute Series G (Ecological Sciences),
No.1, ed. Felsenstein, J.,
Thorpe,
R.S. 1983. Research into the evolution and taxonomy of snakes
and lizards. Bull. Brit. Herp. Soc. 7:30‑31.
1982
Thorpe,
R.S. 1982. Reticulate evolution and cladism: tests for the direction
of evolution. Experientia. 38:1242‑1243.
PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1982. Molossid bat morphometry. A review of "A multivariate
study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology,
ecology, evolution". Freeman, P.U. Fieldiana Zoology,
New Series No.7 Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 173
pp.1981. J. Mamm. 63:353‑354.
Thorpe,
R.S., Corti, M. & Capanna, E. 1982. Morphometric divergence
of Robertsonian populations/species of Mus: a
multivariate study of size and shape. Experientia.
38:920‑923.
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1981
Thorpe,
R.S. 1981. Racial divergence and subspecific status of the
Thorpe,
R.S. & Giddings, M.R. 1981. A novel biochemical systematic
technique for herpetology based on epidermal keratin. Experientia, 37:700‑702. PDF
Thorpe,
R.S. 1981. The morphometrics of the mouse: A review. In The Biology of the House Mouse, Ed. R.J.
Berry. Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond., 47: 85‑125.
1980
Crawford,
CM. & Thorpe, R.S. 1980. Identification, morphometrics an
cytogenetics of green geckos (Phelsuma) from
Thorpe,
R.S. 1980. A comparative study of ordination techniques in numerical
taxonomy in relation to racial variation in the ringed snake
Natrix natrix (L.). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 13:7‑40.
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Thorpe,
R.S. 1980. Microevolution and taxonomy of European reptiles
with particular reference to the grass snake Natrix
natrix and the wall lizards Podarcis sicula and P. melisellensis.
Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 14:215‑233.
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Thorpe,
R.S. 1980. Racial affinities and geographic variation: comparison
of the use of multivariate morpometrics and conventional subspecies.
Proc. Euro. Herp. Symp.
Miller,
P., Tawil, E., Thorpe, R.S. and Webb, C. 1980. Haemoglobins
and the systematic problems set by Gobioid fishes. pp 195‑233
In Chemosystematics: Principles and Practice. Eds. Bisby, Vaughan and Wright. Academic Press,
1979
Crawford,
CM. & Thorpe, R.S. 1979. Body temperatures of two geckos
(Phelsuma) and a skink (Mabuya) in
Thorpe,
R.S. & Crawford, CM. 1979. The comparative abundance and
resource partitioning of two green geckos species (Phelsuma) on
Thorpe,
R.S. 1979. Multivariate analysis of the population systematics
of the ringed snake, Natrix natrix (L). Proc. Royal Soc. Edin. 78B:1‑62.
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1978
Thorpe,
R.S. & McCarthy, C.J. 1978. A preliminary study, using multivariate
analysis, of a species complex of African house snakes (Boaedon fuliginosus). J. Zool.
Lond. 184:489‑506.
1976
Thorpe,
R.S. 1976. Biometric analysis of geographic variation and racial
affinities. Biological Reviews. 51:407‑452.
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1975
Thorpe,
R.S. 1975. Biometric analysis of incipient speciation in the
ringed snake, Natrix natrix
(L.). Experientia. 31:180‑182.
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Thorpe,
R.S. 1975. Quantitative handling of characters useful in snake
systematics with particular reference to intraspecific variation
in the ringed snake Natrix natrix (L.). Biol.
J. Linn. Soc. 7:27‑43.
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1973
Thorpe,
R.S. 1973. Intraspecific variation of the ringed
snake Natrix natrix (L.). Ph.D. Thesis.
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