Adnan Moussalli

Population genomics of a predatory mammal reveals patterns of decline and impacts of exposure to toxic toads

Brenton von Takach, Louis Ranjard, Christopher P Burridge, Skye F Cameron, Teigan Cremona, Mark DB Eldridge, Diana O Fisher, Stephen Frankenberg, Brydie M Hill, Rosemary Hohnen, Chris J Jolly, Ella Kelly, Anna J MacDonald, Adnan Moussalli, Kym Ottewell, Ben L Phillips, Ian J Radford, Peter BS Spencer, Gavin J Trewella, Linette S Umbrello, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Mammal declines across northern Australia are one of the major biodiversity loss events occurring globally. There has been no regi..

Elevation of Divergent Color Polymorphic and Monomorphic Lizard Lineages (Squamata: Agamidae) to Species Level

Caroline M Dong, Greg R Johnston, Devi Stuart-Fox, Adnan Moussalli, Katrina J Rankin, Claire A McLean

Journal article  |  2021  |  ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY

The Australian Tawny Dragon lizard (Ctenophorus decresii), as currently recognized, comprises two genetically divergent lineages, ..

Conserved visual sensitivities across divergent lizard lineages that differ in an ultraviolet sexual signal

Caroline M Dong, Claire A McLean, Adnan Moussalli, Devi Stuart-Fox

Journal article  |  2019  |  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The sensory drive hypothesis predicts the correlated evolution of signaling traits and sensory perception in differing environment..

Phylotranscriptomics resolves phylogeny of the Heliozelidae (Adeloidea: Lepidoptera) and suggests a Late Cretaceous origin in Australia

Liz Milla, Adnan Moussalli, Stephen A Wilcox, Erik J van Nieukerken, David A Young, Mike Halsey, Thomas McConville, Theresa M Jones, Axel Kallies, Douglas J Hilton

Journal article  |  2019  |  SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Heliozelidae are a cosmopolitan family of small, day-flying moths, and include some pest species of commercial crops. Overall, the..

Red carotenoids and associated gene expression explain colour variation in frillneck lizards

Claire A McLean, Adrian Lutz, Katrina J Rankin, Adam Elliott, Adnan Moussalli, Devi Stuart-Fox

Journal article  |  2019  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A long-standing hypothesis in evolutionary ecology is that red-orange ornamental colours reliably signal individual quality owing ..

Climate is a strong predictor of near-infrared reflectance but a poor predictor of colour in butterflies

Joshua T Munro, Iliana Medina, Ken Walker, Adnan Moussalli, Michael R Kearney, Adrian G Dyer, Jair Garcia, Katrina J Rankin, Devi Stuart-Fox

Journal article  |  2019  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Colour variation across climatic gradients is a common ecogeographical pattern; yet there is long-standing contention over underly..

Revealing the Biochemical and Genetic Basis of Color Variation in a Polymorphic Lizard

Claire A McLean, Adrian Lutz, Katrina J Rankin, Devi Stuart-Fox, Adnan Moussalli

Journal article  |  2017  |  MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Determining the mechanistic and genetic basis of animal coloration is essential to understand the costs and constraints on color p..

Social interactions generate mutually reinforcing selection for male aggression in Lake Eyre dragons

Claire A McLean, Rita Chan, Ashton L Dickerson, Adnan Moussalli, Devi Stuart-Fox

Journal article  |  2016  |  BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Fighting ability is generally assumed to predict male reproductive success; yet the mechanisms responsible for this relationship a..

An Exon-Capture System for the Entire Class Ophiuroidea

Andrew F Hugall, Timothy D O'Hara, Sumitha Hunjan, Roger Nilsen, Adnan Moussalli

Journal article  |  2016  |  MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Exon-capture studies have typically been restricted to relatively shallow phylogenetic scales due primarily to hybridization const..

Phylogeographic structure, demographic history and morph composition in a colour polymorphic lizard

CA McLean, D Stuart-Fox, A Moussalli

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Evolutionary Biology

In polymorphic species, population divergence in morph composition and frequency has the potential to promote speciation. We asses..