2003 Refereed Papers 

Anderson, A. R. Collinge, J. E, Hoffmann, A.A. Kellett, M. McKechnie, S.W. (2003) Thermal tolerance trade-offs associated with the right arm of chromosome 3 and marked by the hsr-omega gene in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity 90: 195-202. [view abstract]

Campbell P.M.*, de Q.Robin, G.C.*, Court, L.N., Dorrian, S.J., Russell, R.J., Oakeshot, J.G (2003) Developmental expression and gene/enzyme identifi cations in the alpha esterase gene cluster of Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Molecular Biology 12(5), 459-471. *Joint first authors [view abstract]

Carew, M. E., Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Identifying chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) for biological monitoring with PCR – RFLP. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93:483-490. [view abstract]

Corrie, A.M., Van Heeswijck, R. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Evidence for host associated clones of grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 93:193-201. [view abstract]

Fryenberg, J. Hoffmann, A.A. Loeschcke, V. (2003) DNA sequence variation and latitudinal associations in hsp23, hsp26 and hsp27 from natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology 12: 2025-2032. [view abstract]

Harvey, A.S., Broadwater, S.T., Woelkerling, W.J., and Mitrovski, P. 2003. Chromonema (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): 18S rDNA Phylogeny and resurrection of the Hapalidiaceae for the subfamilies Choreonematoideae, Austrolithoideae, and Melobesioideae. Journal of Phycologia. 39: 988-998. [view abstract]

Hewa-Kapuge, S. McDougall, S. Hoffmann,A.A.(2003). Effects of methoxyfenozide, indoxacarb and other insecticides on the beneficial egg parasitoid Trichogramma nr. brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) under laboratory and field conditions. Journal of Economic Entomology 96: 1083-1090. [view abstract]

Hoffmann, A. A. Sørenson, J. G. Loeschcke, V. (2003). Adaptation of Drosophila to temperature extremes: bringing together quantitative and molecular approaches. Journal of Thermal Biology 28: 175-216. [view abstract]

Hoffmann, A. A. Scott, M. Partridge, L. Hallas, R. (2003) Overwintering in Drosophila melanogaster: outdoor field cage experiments on clinal and laboratory selected populations help to elucidate traits under selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 614-623. [view abstract]

Hoffmann, A. A. Hallas, R. Deans, J. Schiffer, M. (2003). Low potential for climatic stress adaptation in a rainforest Drosophila species. Science 301: 100-102. [view abstract]

Kölliker-Ott, U.M. Blows, M.W. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Are wing size, wing shape and asymmetry related to field fitness of parasitoids? Oikos 100: 563-573. [view abstract]

Kolliker-Ott, U.M. Bigler, F. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Does mass rearing of field collected Trichogramma brassicae wasps infl uence acceptance of European corn borer eggs? Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 109: 197-203 [view abstract]

Magiafoglou, A. Schiffer, M. Hoffmann, A.A. McKechnie, S.W. (2003).  Immunocontraception for population control: will resistance evolve? Immunology and Cell Biology 81: 152-159. [view abstract]

Magiafoglou, A. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003). Cross generation effects due to cold exposure in Drosophila serrata. Functional Ecology 17: 664-672. [view abstract]

Milton, C.C. Huynh, B. Batterham, P. Rutherford, S.L. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003). Quantitative trait symmetry independent of Hsp90 buffering: distinct modes of genetic canalization and developmental stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 100: 13396-13401. [view abstract]

Pettigrove, V. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Impact of urbanisation on heavy metal contamination in urban stream sediments: infl uence of catchment geology. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology 9:119-128.

Reynolds, K. T. Thomson, L. J. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003). The effects of host age, host nuclear background and temperature on phenotypic effects of the virulent Wolbachia strain popcorn in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 164: 1027-1034. [view abstract]

Rundle, B. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Overwintering behaviour of Trichogramma funiculatum Carver (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) under seminatural conditions. Environmental Entomology 32: 290-298. [view abstract]

Sgrò, CM and Blows, MW (2003). Evolution of additive and nonadditive genetic variance in development time along a cline in Drosophila serrata. Evolution 57: 1846-1851. [view abstract]

Sinclair, C. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Developmental stability as a potential tool in the early detection of salinity stress in wheat. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 325-331. [view abstract]

Sinclair, C. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003). Monitoring salt stress in grapevines: Are measures of plant trait variability useful? Journal of Applied Ecology 40: 928-937. [view abstract]

Tan-Kristanto, A. Hoffmann, A.A. Woods, R. Batterham, P. Cobbett, C. Sinclair, C. (2003) Translational asymmetry as a sensitive indicator of cadmium stress in plants: a laboratory test with wild-type and mutant Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 159: 471-477. [view abstract]

Telonis-Scott, M. Hoffmann, A. A. (2003) Isolation of a Drosophila melanogaster desiccation resistant mutant. Journal of Insect Physiology 49:1013-1020. [view abstract]

Thomson, L. J. Rundle, B. J. Carew, M. E. Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Identification and characterization of Trichogramma species from south-eastern Australia using the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) region of the ribosomal gene complex. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 106:235-240.

Weeks, A. R., Velten, R. and Stouthamer, R. (2003). Incidence of a new sex-ratio-distorting endosymbiotic bacterium among arthropods. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – Series B. Biological Sciences 270: 1857-1865. [view abstract]

Umina, P.A, Hoffmann, A.A. (2003) Diapause and implications for control of Penthaleus species and Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae) in southeastern Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 31: 209-23 [view abstract]

Siddall, N. A., Behan, K. J., Crew, J. R., Cheung, T. L., Fair, J. A., Batterham, P., Pollock, J. A. (2003) Mutations in lozenge and D-Pax2 invoke patterned cell death in the devloping Drosophilaeye using ditinct mechanisms. Development Genes and Evolution 213:107-19 [view abstract]

Stocker, A.J. and Gorab, E. (2003) Local enrichment with homopolymeric  (dA/dT) DNA in the genomes of some lower dipterans and Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma. 2003 Apr;111(7):455-60. [view abstract]

Book Chapters

Weeks, A. R. and Breeuwer, J. A. J. 2003. A new bacterium from the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium- Bacteroides phylum that causes sex ratio distortion. In Insect Symbiosis. (ed. K. Bourtzis and T. Miller). CRC Press Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Hoffmann, A.A. Woods, R.E. (2003). Associating stress with developmental stability: problems and patterns. In: Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences. Edited by M. Polak. Oxford University Press, New York.