RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research is primarily focused on understanding the role of species ecology and landscape history in shaping patterns of evolutionary diversification and genetic variability. Currently, work in my lab can be divided into three major programmatic areas: (a) evolutionary diversification of African rainforest mammals and Malgasy butterflies (b) evolutionary dynamics of nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in African great apes (c) impact of fragmentation on genetic diversity and disease resistance in island reptiles.

GRANT SUPPORT

• Summer Research Program Grant, University of New Orleans, 2009 ($15,000)
• National Institute for General Medical Sciences 1R15GM073682-01A2, 2007-2010. Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in great apes ($224,485).
• National Science Foundation DEB/OISE Project grant, 2006-2008 ($240,000)
• Investing in Research Excellence, University of New Orleans, 2005-2006 ($13,000)
• Louisiana Board of Regents, 2005-2008 ($131,253) [declined]

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Ntie S., Johnston A., Mickala P., Jansen van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Colyn M., Sonet G., Rouyer R.L., Wallace R.A., LeBlanc K., van Vliet N., Pires D., Hymas O., Wickings E.J., Telfer P., Maisels F., Lahm S.A. and Anthony N.M. (2010) A molecular diagnostic for the identification of central African artiodactyls from faeces. Animal Conservation 13: 80-93.
• Hurston H.H., Foufopoulos J., Voith L., Bonnano J., Pafilis P., Valakos E. and Anthony N.M. (2009) Effects of fragmentation on genetic diversity in island populations of the Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 395-405.
• Linares M.C., Soto-Calderon I.D., Lees D.C. and Anthony N.M. (2009) High mitochondrial diversity in geographically widespread butterflies of Madagascar: a test of the DNA barcoding approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 688-699.
• Anthony N.M., Johnson-Bawe M., Jeffery K., Clifford S.L., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E., Lahm S.A., White L.T.J., Utley J., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. (2007) The role of Pleistocene refugia and rivers in shaping gorilla genetic diversity in central Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 104: 20432-20436.
• Jeffery K.J., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., Anthony N.M. and Bruford M.W. (2007) Who killed Porthos? Genetic tracking of a gorilla death. Integrative Zoology 2: 111-119.
• Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Bruford M.W. and Wickings E. J. (2007) Distinguishing mitochondrial sequences from nuclear integrations and PCR recombinants: guidelines for their diagnosis in complex sequence databases. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 553-566.
• Masters J.C., Anthony N, de Wit M.J. and Mitchell A. (2005) Reconstructing the evolutionary history of the Lorisidae using morphological, molecular, and geological data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 127: 465-480.
• Anthony N.M., Ribic C.A., Bautz R. and Garland T., Jr. (2005) Relative efficacy of Longworth and Sherman live-trap types in capturing grassland-associated small mammals. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 1018-1026.
• Nice C.C., Anthony N.M., Gelembiuk G., Raterman D. and ffrench-Constant R. (2005) The history and geography of diversification within the butterfly genus Lycaeides in North America Molecular Ecology 14: 1741-1754.
• Clifford S.L.*, Anthony N.M.*, Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., McFarland K., Goldsmith M.L., Bermejo M., Bruford M.W. and Wickings E.J. (2004) Mitochondrial phylogeography of western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Molecular Ecology 13: 1551-1567.
• Anthony N.M., Gelembiuk G., Raterman D., Nice C.C. and ffrench-Constant R. (2001) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the endangered Karner blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis. Hereditas 134: 271-3.
• ffrench-Constant, R.H., Anthony, N.M., Aronstein, K., Rocheleau, T. and Stilwell, G. (2000) Cyclodiene insecticide resistance: from molecular to population genetics. Annual Review of Entomology 48: 447-464.