Nicky Rollings

University of Sydney — Australia

Medicine · Health Sciences

10h-index324citations19works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence(10), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(10), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(7), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(4), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms(4)

Publications19 total

Is Telomere Length Optimized in Hatchling Sand Lizards?
Evolution & Development·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
The effects of costly telomere maintenance on lifespan: reproductive tradeoffs in sand lizards
Evolution·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Inbreeding effects on telomeres in hatchling sand lizards (<i>Lacerta agilis</i>): An optimal family affair?
Molecular Ecology·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Exercise training has morph-specific effects on telomere, body condition and growth dynamics in a color-polymorphic lizard
Journal of Experimental Biology·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Exercise training in a color-polymorphic lizard reveals differential effects of mating tactics and color morphs on telomere, body condition and growth dynamics
2020Open Access
Stress-related changes in leukocyte profiles and telomere shortening in the shortest-lived tetrapod, Furcifer labordi
BMC Evolutionary Biology·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Covariation in superoxide, sperm telomere length and sperm velocity in a polymorphic reptile
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2020· 12 cited
Sperm telomere length correlates with blood telomeres and body size in red‐sided garter snakes,<i>Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis</i>
Journal of Zoology·2020· 4 cited
Contrasting seasonal patterns of telomere dynamics in response to environmental conditions in the ectothermic sand lizard, Lacerta agilis
Scientific Reports·2020· 22 citedOpen Access
Sex‐ And tissue‐specific differences in telomere length in a reptile
Ecology and Evolution·2019· 36 citedOpen Access
Long‐term effects of superoxide and DNA repair on lizard telomeres
Molecular Ecology·2018· 28 citedOpen Access
Effects of male telomeres on probability of paternity in sand lizards
Biology Letters·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Telomere dynamics in a lizard with morph‐specific reproductive investment and self‐maintenance
Ecology and Evolution·2017· 40 citedOpen Access
Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter snakes
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2017· 56 citedOpen Access
Conditional Handicaps in Exuberant Lizards: Bright Color in Aggressive Males Is Correlated with High Levels of Free Radicals
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2017· 20 citedOpen Access
Supplementary Figure: Sex-specific BCI given age from Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter snakes
Figshare·2017Open Access
Ageing and the cost of maintaining coloration in the Australian painted dragon
Biology Letters·2016· 34 citedOpen Access
Telomeric attrition with age and temperature in Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
Die Naturwissenschaften·2014· 40 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Mats Olsson(18), Christopher R. Friesen(11), Camilla M. Whittington(10), Mark R. Wilson(7), Joanna Sudyka(6), Emily J. Miller(6), Erik Wapstra(6), Mathieu Giraudeau(5), Richard Shine(3), Emily J. Uhrig(2), Randolph W. Krohmer(2), Heather L. Waye(2), Willow R. Lindsay(2), Angela Pauliny(2), Robert T. Mason(1), Rasmus Johansson(1), Jannike Axelsson(1), Donald Blomqvist(1), Badreddine Bererhi(1), Tonia S. Schwartz(1)