Erik Wapstra

University of Tasmania — Australia

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

42h-index9.4kcitations324works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(157), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(113), Plant and animal studies(79), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(44), Species Distribution and Climate Change(43)

Publications324 total

Is Telomere Length Optimized in Hatchling Sand Lizards?
Evolution & Development·2025Open Access
Chromosome-level genome assembly and Oligo-FISH confirmation of chromosome models for the Tasmanian snow skink Carinascincus ocellatus (Scincidae, Eugongylinae)
BMC Biology·2025Open Access
Pay up or die: Tradeoffs between costly telomere maintenance, somatic growth and body condition in embryonic and adult sand lizards
Functional Ecology·2025Open Access
Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering
Journal of Animal Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Large scale, low coverage population genomics approach to assess genetic variation and structure across vulnerable Swedish sand lizard populations
2025Open Access
Gene traffic mediated by transposable elements shaped the dynamic evolution of ancient sex chromosomes of varanid lizard
Journal of genetics and genomics/Journal of Genetics and Genomics·2025
Gene traffic mediated by transposable elements shaped the dynamic evolution of ancient sex chromosomes of varanid lizard
2025Open Access
The role of unbalanced segmental duplication in sex chromosome evolution in Australian ridge-tailed goannas
Scientific Reports·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The role of unbalanced segmental duplication in sex chromosome evolution in Australian ridge-tailed goannas
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The effects of costly telomere maintenance on lifespan: reproductive tradeoffs in sand lizards
Evolution·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Using a Handful of Transcriptomes to Detect Sex-Linked Markers and Develop Molecular Sexing Assays in a Species with Homomorphic Sex Chromosomes
Genome Biology and Evolution·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Competitive asymmetries, birthing asynchrony and sibling rivalry in a social lizard
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Data from: Competitive asymmetries, birthing asynchrony and sibling rivalry in a social lizard
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Data from: Competitive asymmetries, birthing asynchrony and sibling rivalry in a social lizard
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2024Open Access
Sex and early-life conditions shape telomere dynamics in an ectotherm
Journal of Experimental Biology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Fixed Allele Differences Associated With the Centromere Reveal Chromosome Morphology and Rearrangements in a Reptile (<i>Varanus acanthurus</i> BOULENGER)
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Context-dependent thermolability of sex determination in a lacertid lizard with heteromorphic sex chromosomes
Biology Open·2023Open Access
Quantitative genetics of breeding coloration in sand lizards; genic capture unlikely to maintain additive genetic variance
Heredity·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Using a handful of transcriptomes to detect sex-linked markers in a lizard with homomorphic sex chromosomes
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mats Olsson(21), Tobias Uller(14), Geoffrey M. While(14), Thomas Madsen(8), Beáta Újvári(6), Richard Shine(6), Nicola J. Mitchell(5), David L. Sinn(5), Roy Swain(5), Tonia S. Schwartz(4), Alistair J. Hobday(3), Ido Pen(3), Angela Pauliny(3), Donald Blomqvist(3), Jan Komdeur(3), Jean M.P. Joss(3), Julianne M. O’Reilly-Wapstra(3), Reid Tingley(3), Glenn M. Shea(3), Andrew P. Amey(3)