Professor Roger Thorpe

Emeritus Professor

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    A forensic STR profiling system for the Eurasian badger: a framework for developing profiling systems for wildlife species.

    Dawnay, N., Ogden, R., Thorpe, R. S., Pope, L. C., Dawson, D. A. & McEwing, R., 1 Jan 2008, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 2, 1, p. 47-53

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    A likelihood framework analysis of an island radiation: phylogeography of the Lesser Antillean gecko Sphaerodactylus vincenti, in comparison with the anole Anolis roquet

    Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Biogeography. 40, 1, p. 105-116

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    A morphometric study of a hybrid newt population (Triturus cristatus/T-carnifex): Beam Brook Nurseries, Surrey, UK

    Brede, E. G., Thorpe, R. S., Arntzen, J. W. & Langton, T. E., 1 Aug 2000, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70, 4, p. 685-695

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A phylogenetic analysis of body size evolution in the Anolis roquet group (Sauria : Iguanidae): character displacement or size assortment?

    Giannasi, N., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Feb 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, 2, p. 193-202

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis).

    Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jul 2004, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32, 1, p. 83-100

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    A phylogeny of the Trimeresurus group of pit vipers: New evidence from a mitochondrial gene tree.

    Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Aug 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 16, 2, p. 199-211

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Adaptive radiation in Lesser Antillean lizards: molecular phylogenetics and species recognition in the Lesser Antillean dwarf gecko complex, Sphaerodactylus fantasticus.

    Thorpe, R. S., Jones, A. G., Malhotra, A. & Surget-Groba, Y., 1 Mar 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 6, p. 1489-1504

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Analysis of color spectra in comparative evolutionary studies: Molecular phylogeny and habitat adaptation in the St. Vincent anole (Anolis trinitatis).

    Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jul 2002, In: Systematic Biology. 51, 4, p. 554-569

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Can microsatellites be used to infer phylogenies? Evidence from population affinities of the Western Canary Island lizard (Gallotia galloti)

    Richard, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sept 2001, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20, 3, p. 351-360

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Colonization history and genetic diversity: adaptive potential in early stage invasions.

    Eales, J. F., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Jul 2010, In: Molecular Ecology. 19, 14, p. 2858-2869

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Combining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata : Serpentes : Viperidae).

    Wuster, W., Puorto, G., Da Graca Salomao, M., Theakston, R. D., Thorpe, R. S., Warrell, D. A. & Wüster, W., 1 Jul 2001, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, 4, p. 527-538

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Combining molecular, morphological and ecological data to infer species boundaries in a cryptic tropical pitviper.

    Sanders, K. L., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Mar 2006, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87, 3, p. 343-364

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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  16. Published

    Common garden and natural selection experiments support ecotypic differentiation in the Dominican anole (Anolis oculatus).

    Thorpe, R. S., Reardon, J. T. & Malhotra, A., 1 Apr 2005, In: American Naturalist. 165, 4, p. 495-504

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Convergence of multiple markers and analysis methods defines the genetic distinctiveness of cryptic pitvipers

    Mrinalini, M., Thorpe, R. S., Creer, S., Lallias, D. S., Dawnay, L., Stuart, B. L. & Malhotra, A., 8 Jul 2015, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92, p. 266-279

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Development of microsatellite markers in the St Lucia anole, Anolis luciae.

    Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y., Gow, J. L. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Nov 2008, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 8, 6, p. 1408-1410

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Ecological diversification in a group of Indomalayan pitvipers (Trimeresurus): convergence in taxonomically important traits has implications for species identification.

    Sanders, K. L., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jul 2004, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17, 4, p. 721-731

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Eight microsatellite loci in the Caribbean lizard, Anolis roquet.

    Ogden, R., Griffiths, T. J. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sept 2002, In: Conservation Genetics. 3, 3, p. 345-346

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Evidence for a Mullerian mimetic radiation in Asian pitvipers

    Sanders, K. L., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R., 7 May 2006, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 273, 1590, p. 1135-1141

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Evidence that ultraviolet markings are associated with patterns of molecular gene flow.

    Thorpe, R. S. & Richard, M., 27 Mar 2001, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 98, 7, p. 3929-3934

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Evolutionary differentiation of bimaculatus group anoles based on analyses of mtDNA and microsatellite data.

    Stenson, A. G., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Jul 2004, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32, 1, p. 1-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Genetic and ecological correlates of intraspecific variation in pitviper venom composition detected using matirx-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and isoelectric focusing

    Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R., Stocklin, R. S., Favreau, P. S. & Chou, W. S., 1 Mar 2003, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 56, 3, p. 317-329

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Genetic data from 28 STR loci for forensic individual identification and parentage analyses in 6 bird of prey species.

    Dawnay, N., Ogden, R., Wetton, J. H., Thorpe, R. S. & McEwing, R., 1 Mar 2009, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 3, 2, p. e63-e69

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Genetic tests for ecological and allopatric speciation in Anoles on an Island Archipelago.

    Thorpe, R. S., Surget-Groba, Y. & Johansson, H., 29 Apr 2010, In: PLOS Genetics. 6, 4, p. e1000929

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Heterologous amplification of microsatellite markers from colubroid snakes in European natricines (Serpentes : Natricinae).

    Hille, A., Janssen, I. A., Menken, S. B., Schlegel, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2002, In: Journal of Heredity. 93, 1, p. 63-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Historical biogeography of the western rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus viridis), inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence information

    Pook, C. E., Wuster, W. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 May 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15, 2, p. 269-282

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers.

    Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Pook, C. E. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2010, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 54, 1, p. 172-178

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Intraspecific phylogeography of Lacerta vivipara and the evolution of viviparity.

    Surget-Groba, Y., Heulin, B., Guillaume, C. P., Thorpe, R. S., Kupriyanova, L., Vogrin, N., Maslak, R., Mazzotti, S., Vanczel, M., Ghira, I., Odierna, G., Leontyeva, O., Monney, J. C. & Smith, N., 1 Mar 2001, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 18, 3, p. 449-459

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Maximizing information in systematic revisions: a combined molecular and morphological analysis of a cryptic green pitviper complex (Trimeresurus stejnegeri).

    Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jun 2004, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 82, 2, p. 219-235

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Microsatellite data show evidence for male-biased dispersal in the Caribbean lizard Anolis roquet.

    Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Oct 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 20, p. 4425-4432

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals a new member of the Asian pitviper genus Viridovipera (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae).

    Dawson, K., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S., Guo, P., Mrinalini, N. V. & Ziegler, T., 1 Oct 2008, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49, 1, p. 356-361

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Molecular clocks and geological dates: cytochrome b of Anolis extremus substantially contradicts dating of Barbados emergence

    Thorpe, R. S., Leadbeater, D. L. & Pook, C. E., 1 Jun 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 7, p. 2087-2096

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Molecular evidence for ecological speciation in tropical habitats.

    Ogden, R. & Thorpe, R. S., 15 Oct 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 99, 21, p. 13612-13615

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Morphometric analysis of Trimeresurus vogeli (David, Vidal and Pauwels, 2001), with new data on diagnostic characteristics, distribution and natural history.

    Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S. & Stuart, B. L., 1 Apr 2004, In: Herpetological Journal. 14, 2, p. 65-77

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Multilocus phylogeny, species age and biogeography of the Lesser Antillean anoles

    Thorpe, R., Barlow, A., Surget-Groba, Y. & Malhotra, A., Oct 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127, p. 682-695

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Multiple causation of phylogeographical pattern as revealed by nested clade analysis of the bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) within Taiwan.

    Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S. & Chou, W. H., 1 Aug 2001, In: Molecular Ecology. 10, 8, p. 1967-1981

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    No rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush

    Wuster, W., Wüster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3619-3621

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Nuclear and mtDNA phylogenies of the Trimeresurus complex: Implications for the gene versus species tree debate.

    Giannasi, N., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Apr 2001, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 19, 1, p. 57-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Offshore insular variation in the diet of the Taiwanese bamboo viper Trimeresurus stejnegeri (Schmidt)

    Creer, S., Chou, W. H., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Aug 2002, In: Zoological Science. 19, 8, p. 907-913

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Optimal intron analyses in the Trimeresurus radiation of Asian pitvipers.

    Creer, S., Pook, C. E., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Feb 2006, In: Systematic Biology. 55, 1, p. 57-72

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Phylogeny, paraphyly and ecological adaptation of the colour and pattern in the Anolis roquet complex on Martinique.

    Thorpe, R. S. & Stenson, A. G., 1 Jan 2003, In: Molecular Ecology. 12, 1, p. 117-132

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Phylogeographic patterns of trans-Amazonian vicariants and Amazonian biogeography: the Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex) as an example.

    Wuster, W., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Ferguson, J. E., Pook, C. E., Da Graca Salomao, M., Thorpe, R. S. & Wüster, W., 1 Aug 2007, In: Journal of Biogeography. 34, 8, p. 1296-1312

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Phylogeography and natural selection in the Tenerife gecko Tarentola delalandii: testing historical and adaptive hypotheses.

    Gubitz, T., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Sept 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, 9, p. 1213-1221

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Phylogeography of the Endangered Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana Delicatissima: A Recent Diaspora in an Archipelago Known for Ancient Herpetological Endemism

    Martin, J. L., Knapp, C. R., Gerber, G. P., Thorpe, R. S. & Welch, M. E., 16 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Heredity. 106, 3, p. 315-321

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Population differentiation and nuclear gene flow in the Dominican anole (Anolis oculatus).

    Stenson, A. G., Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sept 2002, In: Molecular Ecology. 11, 9, p. 1679-1688

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Population evolution and island biogeography

    Thorpe, R. S., 16 Dec 2005, In: Science. 310, 5755, p. 1778-1779

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Pre-pleistocene refugia and differentiation between populations of the Caucasian salamander (Mertensiella caucasica).

    Tarkhnishvili, D. N., Thorpe, R. S. & Arntzen, J. W., 1 Mar 2000, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 14, 3, p. 414-422

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Predicting function from sequence in a large multifunctional toxin family

    Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Harris, J. B., Stöcklin, R., Favereau, P. & Thorpe, R. S., 3 Jul 2013, In: Toxicon. 72, p. 113-125

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Preliminary data suggests genetic distinctiveness of gyr and saker falcons.

    Dawnay, N., McEwing, R., Thorpe, R. S. & Ogden, R., 1 Jun 2008, In: Conservation Genetics. 9, 3, p. 703-707

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Quantitative traits and mode of speciation in Martinique anoles

    Thorpe, R. S., Surget-Groba, Y. & Johansson, H., 1 Nov 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 21, p. 5299-5308

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Redescription and systematics of trimeresurus cornutus (Serpentes : Viperidae) based on morphology and molecular data.

    Herrmann, H. W., Ziegler, T., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. & Parkinson, C. L., 1 May 2004, In: Herpetologica. 60, 2, p. 211-221

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Revealing the geographic origin of an invasive lizard: the problem of native population genetic diversity.

    Eales, J. F., Eales, J. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Jan 2010, In: Biological Invasions. 12, 1, p. 77-86

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Targeting optimal introns for phylogenetic analyses in non-model taxa: experimental results in Asian pitvipers.

    Creer, S., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R. S. & Pook, C. E., 1 Aug 2005, In: Cladistics. 21, 4, p. 390-395

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Ten polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers isolated from the Anolis roquet series of Caribbean lizards

    Gow, J., Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Sept 2006, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 6, 3, p. 873-876

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  57. Published

    The dynamics of genetic and morphological variation on volcanic islands

    Gubitz, T., Thorpe, R. & Malhotra, A., 7 Apr 2005, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 272, 1564, p. 751-757

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  58. Published

    The dynamics of natural selection and vicariance in the Dominican anole: Patterns of within-island molecular and morphological divergence.

    Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Feb 2000, In: Evolution. 54, 1, p. 245-258

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  59. Published

    The importance of being genomic: Non-coding and coding sequences suggest different models of toxin multi-gene family evolution

    Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Harris, J. B. & Thorpe, R. S., 7 Sept 2015, In: Toxicon. 107, Part B, p. 344-358

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  60. Published

    The relative importance of ecology and geographic isolation for speciation in anoles.

    Thorpe, R. S., Surget-Groba, Y. & Johansson, H., 27 Sept 2008, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences. 363, 1506, p. 3071-3081

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  61. Published

    The roles of allopatric divergence and natural selection in quantitative trait variation across a secondary contact zone in the lizard Anolis roquet.

    Johansson, H., Surget-Groba, Y. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Dec 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 23, p. 5146-5156

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  62. Published

    The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, Trimeresurus albolabris

    Giannasi, N., Thorpe, R. S. & Malhotra, A., 1 Feb 2001, In: Molecular Ecology. 10, 2, p. 419-426

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  63. Published

    The usefulness of amplified fragment length polymorphism markers for taxon discrimination across graduated fine evolutionary levels in Caribbean Anolis lizards.

    Ogden, R. & Thorpe, R. S., 1 Mar 2002, In: Molecular Ecology. 11, 3, p. 437-445

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  64. Published

    The utility of AFLPs for supporting mitochondrial DNA phylogeographical analyses in the Taiwanese bamboo viper, Trimeresurus stejnegeri

    Creer, S., Thorpe, R., Malhotra, A., Chou, W. H. & Stenson, A. G., 1 Jan 2004, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17, 1, p. 100-107

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  65. Published

    Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes : Viperidae : Crotalus durissus)

    Wuster, W., Ferguson, J. E., Quijada-Mascarenas, J. A., Pook, C. E., Salomao, M. D. & Thorpe, R., 25 Feb 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 4, p. 1095-1108

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  66. Published

    Validation of the barcoding gene COI for use in forensic genetic species identification

    Dawnay, N., Ogden, R., McEwing, R., Carvalho, G. & Thorpe, R. S., 15 Nov 2007, In: Forensic Science International. 173, 1, p. 1-6

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  67. Published

    Weak founder effect signal in a recent introduction of Caribbean Anolis

    Eales, J. F., Thorpe, R. & Malhotra, A., 5 Feb 2008, In: Molecular Ecology. 17, 6, p. 1416-1426

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  68. Published

    Widespread parallel population adaptation to climate variation across a radiation: implications for adaptation to climate change

    Thorpe, R. S., Barlow, A., Malhotra, A. & Surget-Groba, Y., 16 Feb 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 5, p. 1019-1030

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  69. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  70. Published

    Adaptation and speciation in Lesser Antillean anoles.

    Thorpe, R. S., Malhotra, A., Stenson, A. G., Reardon, J. T., Dieckmann, U. (ed.), Doebeli, M. (ed.), Metz, J. A. (ed.) & Tautz, D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2004, Adaptive Speciation. 2004 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 322-344

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  71. Published

    Geographic variation

    Thorpe, R. S. & Pagel, M. D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2002, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution. 2002 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 430-435

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter