Publications
 

Peer reviewed articles


Hingston, M., Sally Poncet, Ken Passfield, Mikey Tabak, Sofia Gabriel, Stuart Piertney James Russell (2016): Phylogeography of R. norvegicus in the South Atlantic Ocean. Diversity 8 (32)

Robins, J. H., Tintinger, V., Aplin, K. P., Hingston, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Penny, D.  and Lavery, S. D. (2014): Phylogenetic species identification in Rattus highlights rapid radiation and morphological similarity of New Guinean species. PLoS ONE 9 (5)

Matisoo-Smith, E., M. Hingston, G. Summerhayes, J. Robins, H.A. Ross, and M. Hendy (2009): On the Rat Trail in Near Oceania: Applying the Commensal Model to the Question of the Lapita Colonization. Pacific Science, 63, (4), 465-475

Robins, J.H., M. Hingston, E. Matisoo-Smith, H. A. Ross (2007): Identifying Rattus species using mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7 (5), 717-729

Hingston M., Goodman S.M., Ganzhorn J.U., Sommer S. (2005) Reconstruction of the colonization of southern Madagascar by introduced Rattus rattus. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 1549-1559


Currently in preparation


Hingston, M., J.H. Robins, V. Tintinger, E. Matisoo-Smith, H. A. Ross (in prep.): Explorer or tramp, phylogeography and population structure of the Pacific rat, Rattus exulans, throughout its current range.


Conference Presentations and Seminars

  
Hingston, M., J.H. Robins, V. Tintinger, E. Matisoo-Smith & H.A. Ross 2013. Phylogeography of Rattus exulans, a commensal rat dispersed by humans in the Southeast Asia and Pacific regions. Invited seminar presentation, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, November 5th, 2013. [oral presentation]

Hingston, M., J.H. Robins, V. Tintinger, E. Matisoo-Smith & H.A. Ross 2013. Phylogeo-graphy of Rattus exulans, a commensal rat dispersed by humans in the Southeast Asia and Pacific regions. Evolution 2013. Snowbird, Utah, June 21-26th [oral presentation]

Hingston, M., H.A. Ross, E. Matisoo-Smith & J.H. Robins. 2007. Spatial and temporal distribution of Rattus exulans in Near Oceania. Doom 2007: New Zealand ’s Phylogenetic Meeting. Mount Ruapehu, February 11-16th [oral presentation]

Hingston, M. , S. Sommer, S.M. Goodman & J.U. Ganzhorn. 2007. Population differentiation of invasive Rattus rattus in southern Madagascar. Rats, humans and their impact on Islands: Integrating historical and contemporary ecology. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, United States of America, 27th-31st March [oral presentation]

Hingston, M., J.H. Robins, E. Matisoo-Smith & H.A. Ross. 2007. Inferring Lapita colonisation of the Pacific by phylogenetic analysis of commensal rats (Rattus exulans). Evolution 2007. Christchurch, New Zealand, June 16-20th [poster]

Hingston, M., H.A. Ross & E. Matisoo-Smith. 2006. Tracking Lapita Peoples through Phylogenetic Analyses of Pacific Rats, 9th New Zealand Molecular Ecology Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, December 8-10th [oral presentation]

Hingston, M., H.A. Ross & E. Matisoo-Smith. 2006. Kiore, the Pacific rat, Allan Wilson Centre Annual Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, October 10th [oral presentation]

 

 

Sequences:

Accession Nos. of Rattus rattus and Rattus exulans haplotypes as listed on NCBI.

DQ009794-DQ009781: Rattus rattus (d-loop)

Various Rattus species: EF186294-EF186638: thereof Rattus exulans: EF186299-EF186319 (d-loop), EF186414-EF186434 (cytb)& EF186529-EF186549 (COI)

 

Diploma (Masters Thesis):

“Molekulargenetische Untersuchungen zur Populationsdifferenzierung von Rattus rattus auf Madagaskar”

("Molecular genetic analysis of population differentiation of Rattus rattus on Madagascar")