2005 Refereed Papers and Book Chapters

Anderson, A. R., Hoffmann, A. A., McKechnie, S. W., Umina, P. A. & Weeks, A. R. (2005). The latitudinal cline in the In(3R)P inversion polymorphism has shifted in the last 20 years in Australian Drosophila melanogaster populations. Molecular Ecology 14: 851-858. [view abstract]

Anderson, A. R., Hoffmann, A. A. & McKechnie, S.W. (2005). Response to selection for rapid chill-coma-recovery in Drosophila melanogaster: physiology and life history traits. Genetical Research 85: 15-22. [view abstract]

Bernard, M.B., Horne, P.A. & Hoffmann, A.A. (2005). Eriophyoid mite damage in Vitis vinifera (grapevine) in Australia: Calepitrimerus vitis and Colomerus vitis (Acarina: Eriophyidae) as the common cause of the widespread ‘Restricted Spring Growth’ syndrome. Experimental and Applied Acarology 35: 83-109. [view abstract]

Blows, M. W. & Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). A reassessment of genetic limits to evolutionary change. Ecology 86: 1371-1384. [view abstract]

Bogwitz, M.R., Chung, H., Magoc, L., Rigby, S., Wong, W., O’Keefe, M., McKenzie, J.A., Batterham, P. & Daborn P. J. (2005). Cyp12a4 confers lufenuron resistance in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Procedings for the National Academy Science U. S. A. 102(36):12807-12. [view abstract]

Carew M. E., Pettigrove, V. & Hoffmann A. A. (2005). The utility of DNA markers in classical taxonomy: Using cytochrome oxidase I markers to differentiate Australian Cladopelma (Diptera: Chironomidae) midges. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(4): 587-594. [view abstract]

Chen, Z., Smith, K. R., Batterham, P. & Robin, C. (2005). Smg1 nonsense mutations do not abolish nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 171(1): 403-6. [view abstract]

Endersby N. M., McKechnie S. W., Vogel H., Gahan L.J., Baxter S.W., Ridland P.M. & Weeks A.R.(2005). Microsatellites isolated from diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), for studies of dispersal in Australian populations. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 51-53. [view abstract]

Griffiths, J.A., Schiffer, M., & Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). Clinal variation and laboratory adaptation in the rainforest species Drosophila birchii for stress resistance, wing size and wing shape and development time. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:213-222. [view abstract]

Hidrayani, Purnomo, Rauf, A., Ridland, P. M. & Hoffmann, A. A. (2005) Pesticide applications on Java potato fields are ineffective in controlling leafminers and have antagonistic effects on natural enemies of leafminers. International Journal of Pest Management 51: 181-187. [view abstract]

Hillocks, R. J., Russel, D., Sekamate, B., Riches, C. R. & Orr, A. (2005) IPM for smallholder cotton in Uganda: An example of successful private sector engagement in service delivery. Aspects of Applied Biology 75, 1- 9. 

Hoffmann, A. A. Hallas, R. Anderson, A. R. & Telonis-Scott, M. (2005). Evidence for a robust sex-specific trade-off between cold resistance and starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 804-810. [view abstract]

Hoffmann, A. A. Shirriffs, J. & Scott, M. (2005). Relative importance of plastic versus genetic factors in adaptive differentiation: geographical variation for stress resistance in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia. Functional Ecology 19: 222-227. [view abstract]

Hoffmann, A. A.,Woods, R. E., Collins, E., Wallin, K., White, A., & McKenzie, J. A. (2005). Wing shape versus asymmetry as an indicator of changing environmental conditions in insects. Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 233-243. [view abstract]

Hoffmann AA (2005) Entomology - Incompatible mosquitoes Nature 436:189-189. 

Jackson Behan, K., Fair, J., Singh, S., Bogwitz, M., Perry, T., Grubor, V., Cunningham, F., Nichols, C. D., Cheung, T. L., Batterham, P. & Pollock, J. A. (2005). Alternative splicing removes an Ets interaction domain from Lozenge during Drosophila eye development. Development, Genes, Evolution. 215(8):423-35. [view abstract]

Kearney, M. (2005). Hybridization, glaciation and geographical parthenogenesis. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20:495-502. [view abstract]

Kearney, M. & Shine, R. (2005). Lower fecundity in parthenogenetic geckos than sexual relatives in the Australian arid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:609-618. [view abstract]

Kearney, M., Wahl, R. & Autumn, K. (2005). Increased capacity for sustained locomotion at low temperature in parthenogenetic geckos of hybrid origin. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:316-324. [view abstract]

Kellett, M. & McKechnie, S. W. (2005). A cluster of diagnostic Hsp68 amino-acid sites that are identified in Drosophila from the melanogaster species group are concentrated around b-sheet residues involved with substrate binding. Genome 48: 226-233. [view abstract]

Kellett, M., Hoffmann, A. A & McKechnie, S. W. (2005) Hardening capacity in the Drosophila melanogaster species group is constrained by basal thermotolerance. Functional Ecology 19: 853-858. [view abstract]

Kranthi KS, Naidu S, Dhawad CS et al. (2005) Temporal and intra-plant variability of Cry1Ac expression in Bt-cotton and its influence on the survival of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (hubner) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) Current Science 89:291-98. 

Leo, N. P., Hughes, J. M., Yang, X., Poudel, S. K. S., Brogdon, W. G., & Barker, S. C. (2005). The head and body lice of humans are genetically distinct (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Pediculidae): evidence from double infestations. Heredity 95, 34-40. [view abstract]

Leo, N. P. & Barker, S. C. (2005). Unravelling the origins of the head lice and body lice of humans. Parasite Research 98, 44-47. [view abstract]

Magoc, L., Yen, J. L., Hill-Williams, A., McKenzie, J. A., Batterham, P. & Daborn, P. J. (2005). Cross-resistance to dicyclanil in cyromazine-resistant mutants of Drosophila melanogaster and Lucilia cuprina. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 81: 129-135. [view abstract]

Milton, C. C., Batterham, P., McKenzie, J. A. & Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). Effect of E(sev) and Su(Raf) Hsp83 mutants and transheterozygotes on bristle trait means and variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 171: 119-130. [view abstract]

Mitrovski, P., Heinze, D. A., Guthridge, K. & Weeks, A. R. (2005). Isolation and characterisation of microsatellite loci from the Australian endemic Mountain pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus Broom. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 395-397. [view abstract]

Murrell, A. & Barker, S. C. (2005). Multiple origins of parasitism in lice: phylogenetic analysis of SSU rDNA indicates that the Phthiraptera and Psocoptera are not monophyletic. Parasitology Research 97, 274-280. [view abstract]

Murrell, A., Dobson, S. J., Walter, D. E., Campbell, N. J. H., Shao, R. & Barker, S. C. (2005). Relationships among the three major lineages of the Acari (Arthropoda: Arachnida) inferred from small subunit rRNA: paraphyly of the Parasitiformes with respect to the Opilioacariformes and relative-rates of nucleotide substitution. Invertebrate Systematics 19, 383-389. [view abstract]

Pettigrove, V. & Hoffmann, A. A.(2005). A field-based microcosm method to assess the effects of polluted urban stream sediments on aquatic macroinvertebrates. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 24: 170-180. [view abstract]

Pettigrove, V. & Hoffmann A. A. (2005). Effects of long chain hydrocarbon polluted sediment on freshwater macroinvertebrates. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 24(10): 2500-2508. [view abstract]

Provencher LM, Morse GE, Weeks AR, Normark BB. Partheogenesis in the Aspidiotus nerii complex (Hemiptera: Diaspididae): A single origin of a worldwide, polyphagous lineage associated with Cardinium bacteria Annals of the Entomologial Society of America 98: 629-35 [view abstract]

Rugman-Jones, P. F., Weeks, A. R., Hoddle, M. S. & Stouthamer, R. (2005). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the avocado thrips Scirtothrips perseae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 644-646. [view abstract]

Russell, D. A. (2005) Insecticides in sustainable control of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) in small-scale cotton production systems. ICAC Recorder Dec 2005, 9-19.

Serena, M, & Pettigrove, V. (2005). Relationship of sediment toxicants and water quality to the distribution of platypus populations in urban streams. Journal of North American Benthological Society 24(3): 679-689. [view abstract]

Shao, R., Barker , S.C., Mitani, H., Aoki, Y. & Fukunaga, M. (2005). Evolution of duplicate control regions in the mitochondrial genomes of Metazoa: a case study with Australasian Ixodes ticks. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22, 620-629. [view abstract]

Shao, R., Mitani, H., Barker, S.C., Takahashi, M. & Fukunaga, M. (2005). Novel mitochondrial gene content and gene arrangement indicate illegitimate intermtDNA recombination in the parasitic chigger mite, Leptotrombidium pallidum. Journal of Molecular Evolution 60, 764-773. [view abstract]

Strasburg, J. L. & Kearney, M. (2005). Phylogeography of sexual Heteronotia binoei (Gekkonidae) in the Australian arid zone: Climatic cycling and repetitive hybridization. Molecular Ecology 14:2755-2772. [view abstract]

Umina, P. A., Weeks, A. R., Kearney, M. R., McKechnie, S. W. & Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). A rapid shift in a classic clinal pattern in Drosophila reflecting climate change. Science 308: 691-693. [view abstract]

Umina, P. A. & Hoffmann, A. A. (2005). Competitive interactions among four pest species of earth mites (Acari: Penthaleidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 98(2): 307-316. [view abstract]

Book Chapters

Hoffmann, A. A. & McKenzie, J. A. (2005). Capacitators, stressors, phenotypic variability and evolutionary change. In Hallgrimsson, B. & Hall, B. (ed), Phenotypic Variation, Academic Press.

Kranthi, K. R., Jadhav, D. R., Kranthi, S. & Russel, D. A. (2005) Insecticide resistance management strategies for Helicoverpa. In: Sharma H.C.(Ed) Heliothis/Helicoverpa management – Emerging trends and strategies for future research. Ch. 22 pp 405-430. Oxford and IHB Publishing Co, New Delhi pp 469.

Thomson, L. J. & Hoffmann A. A. (2005). Integrated strategies and bioindicators for sustainable grape production in Australia. In Pimentel, D. (ed), Encyclopaedia of Pest Management, Marcel Dekker, N.Y.