Publications

Adams, S., Pathak, P., Kittelmann, M., Jones, A.R.C., Mallon, E.B. & Pires da Silva, A.(Submitted) Behavioural and developmental plasticity offsets the cost of outcrossing in a three-sexed nematode. Molecular Ecology
Harrison, H.C., Mallon, E.B. & Hammond, R.L.(Submitted) Reservoirs of hidden genetic variation in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris. Molecular Ecology
Pozo, M., Hunt, B.J., Mallon, E.B. et al. (2021) The effect of DNA methylation on bumblebee colony development. BMC Genomics 22, 73
Marshall, H. van Zweden, J.S., Van Geystelen, A., Benaets, K., Wäckers, F., Mallon, E.B. & Wenseleers, T. (2020) Genome-wide search for parent-of-origin allele specific expression in Bombus terrestris. Evolution Letters
Marshall, H., Jones, A.R.C., Lonsdale, Z.N., & Mallon, E.B. (2020) Bumblebee worker castes show differences in allele-specific DNA methylation and allele-specific expression. Genome Biology and Evolution
Jones, A.R.C. & Mallon, E.B. (2020) Evidence of capacitation in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis and its potential role in sex allocation Ecology and Evolution 0:1-9
Marshall, H., Lonsdale, Z.N., & Mallon, E.B. (2019) Methylation and Gene Expression Differences Between Reproductive Castes of Bumblebee Workers. Evolution Letters. 3(5) pp 485-499.
Hunt, B.J., Mallon, E.B. & Rosato E. (2019) In silico identification of a molecular circadian system with novel features in the crustacean model organism Parhyale hawaiensis. Frontiers in Physiology.10 p1325
Harrison, M.C., Mallon, E.B., Twell, D. & Hammond, R.L. (2019) Deleterious mutation accumulation in Arabidophis thaliana pollen genes: a role for a recent relaxation of selection. Genome Biology and Evolution Volume 11, Issue 7 Pages 1939–1951.
Bebane, P., Hunt, B.J. Pegoraro, M., Jones, A. M., Marshall, H., Rosato, E., & Mallon, E.B. (2019) The neonicotinoid, imidicloprid affects gene expression and methylation in the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 286 (1905).
Price, J., Harrison, M.C., Hammond, R.L., Adams, S., Gutierrez-Marcos J.F., & Mallon, E.B. (2018) Alternative splicing associated with phenotypic plasticity in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris Molecular Ecology 27 (4) pp 1036-1043
Lonsdale, Z.N., Lee, K.D., Kyriakidou, M., Amarasinghe, H.E., Nathanael, D., O'Connor, C.J. & Mallon, E.B. (2017) Allele specific expression and methylation in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. PeerJ 5:e3798
Pegoraro, M., Marshall, H., Lonsdale, Z.N., & Mallon, E.B. (2017) Do social insects support Haig's kin theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting? Epigenetics. 12(9) pp 725 - 742doi:10.1080/15592294.2017.1348445. Author version available on the Leicester research archive.
Mallon, E. B., Amarasinghe, H. E., & Ott. S.R (2016) Acute and chronic gregarisation are associated with distinct DNA methylation fingerprints in desert locusts. Scientific reports 6, 35608; doi: 10.1038/srep35608
Haniza M.Z.H., Adams S., Jones E.P., MacNicoll A., Mallon E.B., Smith R.H., Lambert M.S. (2015) Large-scale structure of brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) populations in England: effects on rodenticide resistance. PeerJ 3:e1458
Amarasinghe, H. E., Toghill, B.J., Nathanael D. & Mallon, E.B (2015) Allele specific expression in worker reproduction genes in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. PeerJ 3: e1079
Toghill B.J, Saratzis A., Harrison S.C., Verissimo A.R., Mallon E.B., Bown M.J. (2015) The potential role of DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Atherosclerosis. 241(1) pp 121-129
Harrison, M.C., Hammond, R.L. & Mallon, E.B. (2015) Reproductive workers show queen-like gene expression in an intermediately eusocial insect, the buff-tailed bumble bee Bombus terrestris Molecular Ecology 24 (12) pp 3043 - 3063 (preprint available on BioRxiv, peer reviewed manuscript available on LRA)
Sadd BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, et al. (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organisation. Genome Biol 16:76
Riddell, C.E., Lobaton Garces, J.D., Adams, S., Barribeau, S.M., Twell, D. & Mallon, E.B. (2014) Differential gene expression and alternative splicing in insect immune specificity BMC Genomics 15:1031
Mallon, E. B, Alghamdi A., Holdbrook, R.T.K.& Rosato, E (2014) Immune stimulation reduces sleep and memory ability in Drosophila melanogaster. PeerJ. 2:e434
Amarasinghe, H. E., Clayton, C. I. & Mallon, E. B. (2014) Methylation and worker reproduction in the bumble-bee (Bombus terrestris). Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci.281, 20132502. Press release / Science News article
Deshwal, S. and Mallon, E.B. (2014) Antimicrobial peptides play a functional role in bumblebee anti-trypanosome defense. Development and Comparative Immunology. Vol. 42. pp. 240-243 Preprint available on BioRxiv
Smith, C., Ondračková, M., Spence, R., Adams, Sally, Betts, D. S. and Mallon, E. (2011) Pathogen-mediated selection for MHC variability in wild zebrafish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, Vol.67 (No.4). pp. 217-218. ISSN 1522-0613
Riddell CE, Sumner S, Adams S, and Mallon EB (2011) Pathways to immunity: temporal dynamics of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) immune response against a trypanosome gut parasite. Insect Molecular Biology 20 (4) 529-540
Riddell CE, Adams S, Schmid-Hempel P and Mallon EB (2009) Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects. PLOS One 4 (10) 135-138 e7621
Alghamdi A, Raine NE, Rosato E, and Mallon EB (2009) No evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between learning and immunity in a social insect. Biology Letters 5 (1) 55-57
Alghamdi A, Dalton L, Phillis A., Rosato E, and Mallon EB (2008) Immune response impairs learning in free-flying insects. Biology Letters 4 (5) 479-481
Tyler ER, Adams S and Mallon EB (2006) An immune response in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris leads to increased food consumption. BMC Physiology 6:6
Riddell CE and Mallon EB (2006) Insect psychoneuroimmunology: Immune response reduces learning in protein starved bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Brain, Behavior and Immunity 20 (2) 135-138
Pratt SC, Sumpter DB, Mallon EB and Franks NR (2005) An agent based decision model of nest-moving in social insects. Animal Behaviour 70 (5) 1023-1036
Mallon EB and Schmid-Hempel P (2004) Behavioural interactions, kin and disease susceptibility in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(4) 829-833
Mallon EB, Brockman A and Schmid-Hempel P (2003) Immune function inhibits memory formation in the honeybee Apis melifera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 270 (1526) 1843-1847
Mallon EB, Loosli R and Schmid-Hempel P (2003) Specific vs non-specific immune defence in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris L. Evolution 57 (6) 1444-1447
Franks NR, Mallon EB, Bray HE, Hamilton MJ & Mischler TC. (2003) Strategies for choosing between alternatives with different attributes: exemplified by house-hunting ants. Animal Behaviour 65 (1) 215-223
Franks NR, Britton NF, Mallon EB, Pratt SC and Sumpter DB (2002) Information flow and collective intelligence in house hunting social insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London) B 357 (1427): 1567-1583
Pratt SC, Mallon EB, Sumpter DB and Franks NR (2002) Quorum-dependent recruitment and collective decision-making during colony emigration by the ant Leptothorax albipennis. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 52 (2): 117-127

Mugford ST, Mallon EB and Franks NR (2001) The accuracy of Buffon's needle: a rule of thumb used by ants to estimate area. Behavioral Ecology 12 (6): 655-658
Mallon EB, Pratt SC and Franks NR (2001) Individual and collective decision-making during nest site selection by the ant Leptothorax albipennis. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 353-359
Mallon EB and Franks NR (2000) Ants estimate area using Buffon’s needle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 267 (1445) 765-770