Viruses
Longdon B, Hadfield JD, Webster CL, Obbard DJ, Jiggins FM (2011) Host phylogeny determines viral persistence and replication in novel hosts PLoS Pathogens 7(9):e1002260
Longdon B, Wilfert L, Osei-Poku J, Cagney H, Obbard DJ, Jiggins FM (2011) Host-switching by a vertically transmitted rhabdovirus in Drosophila Biology Letters 7(5):747-750
Longdon B, Wilfert L, Obbard DJ, Jiggins FM (2011) Rhabdoviruses in two species of Drosophila: vertical transmission and a recent sweep Genetics 188:1 141-150
Longdon B, Obbard DJ, Jiggins FM (2010) Sigma viruses from three species of Drosophila form a major new clade in the rhabdovirus phylogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:35-44
Carpenter JA, Obbard DJ, Maside X, Jiggins FM, (2007). The recent spread of a vertically transmitted virus through populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology 16: 3947-3954
Drosophila
Obbard DJ, Maclennan J, Kim K-W, Rambaut A, O'Grady PM, Jiggins FM, (2012) Estimating divergence dates and substitution rates in the Drosophila phylogeny. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29 (11): 3459-3473
Obbard DJ, Jiggins FM, Bradshaw NJ, Little TJ (2011) Recent and recurrent selective sweeps of the antiviral RNAi gene Argonaute-2 in three species of Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28(2): 1043-1056
Obbard DJ, Welch JJ, Kim K-W, Jiggins FM (2009) Quantifying Adaptive Evolution in the Drosophila Immune System. PLoS Genetics 5(10): e1000698.
Obbard DJ, Gordon KHJ, Buck AH, Jiggins FM (2009) The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements. [Review] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series B 364 99-115.
Bangham J, Obbard, DJ, Kim K-W, Haddrill PR, Jiggins FM, (2007) The age and evolution of an antiviral resistance mutation in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 2027-2034
Obbard DJ, Jiggins FM, Halligan DL, Little TJ (2006). Natural selection drives extremely rapid evolution in antiviral RNAi genes. Current Biology 16: 580-585.
Anopheles
Smith PH, Mwangi JM, Afrane YA, Yan G, Obbard DJ, Ranford-Cartwright LC, Little TJ (2011) Alternative splicing of the Anopheles gambiae Dscam gene in diverse Plasmodium falciparum infections Malaria Journal 10:56
Obbard DJ, Welch JJ, Little TJ (2009) Inferring selection in the Anopheles gambiae species complex: an example from immune-related serine protease inhibitors. Malaria Journal 8:117.
Obbard DJ, Callister D, Jiggins FM, Soares D, Yan G, Little TJ (2008) The evolution of TEP1, an exceptionally polymorphic immunity gene in Anopheles gambiae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:174
Obbard DJ, Linton Y-M, Jiggins FM, Yan G, Little TJ (2007). Population genetics of Plasmodium resistance genes in Anopheles gambiae: no evidence for strong selection.. Molecular Ecology 16: 3497-3510
Daphnia
McTaggart SJ, Obbard DJ, Conlon C, Little TJ, (2012). Immune genes undergo more adaptive evolution than non-immune system genes in Daphnia pulex. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:63
Killick SC, Obbard DJ, West SA, Little TJ (2008). Parasitism and breeding system variation in North American populations of Daphnia pulex. Ecological Research 23(1): 235-240
Other collaborations
Ramiro RS, Reece SE, Obbard DJ,(2012). Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of rodent malaria parasites. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12:219
Obbard DJ, Finnegan DJ (2008). RNA interference: Endogenous siRNAs derived from transposable elements. [Commentary] Current Biology 18: R561-R563
Moore JC, Obbard DJ, Reuter C, West SA, Cook JM (2009) Male morphology and dishonest signalling in a fig wasp. Animal Behaviour 78: 147-153.
Moore JC, Obbard DJ, Reuter C, West SA, Cook JM (2008) Fighting strategies in two species of fig wasps. Animal Behaviour 76: 315-322.
Mercurialis
Pujol B, Obbard DJ, Pannell JR, (2010) Symptoms of population range expansion: lessons from phenotypic and genetic differentiation in hexaploid Mercurialis annua. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 3(2) 103-108.
Obbard DJ, Harris SA, Buggs RJA, Pannell JR (2006). Hybridisation, polyploidy and the evolution of sexual systems in Mercurialis (Euphorbiaceae). Evolution 60:9 1801-1815.
Obbard DJ, Harris SA, Pannell JR (2006). Simple allelic-phenotype diversity and differentiation statistics for allopolyploids. Heredity 97 296-303. FD
Obbard DJ, Pannell JR, Harris SA (2006). Mercurialis canariensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new endemic to the Canary Islands. Kew Bulletin 61: 99-106.
Obbard DJ, Harris SA, Pannell JR (2006). Sexual systems and population genetic structure in an annual plant: testing the metapopulation model. American Naturalist 167:354-366.
Pannell JR, Obbard DJ, Buggs RJA (2004). Polyploidy and the sexual system: what can we learn from Mercurialis annua? [Review] Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 547-560.
Obbard DJ (2004). PhD Thesis
Pannell JR, Obbard DJ (2003). Probing the primacy of the patch: what makes a metapopulation? [Commentary] Journal of Ecology 91: 485-488.