RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in the interactions between ecology, history and demography. These interactions are crucial to our understanding of the patterns and processes that shape biological diversity yet are generally poorly understood. My current research can be divided into three major programmatic areas: (a) evolutionary diversification of African rainforest mammals (b) comparative molecular 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

• 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

• Hurston H.H., Bonnano J., Voith L., Foufopoulos J., Pafilis P., Valakos E. and Anthony N.M. Effects of island fragmentation on genetic diversity and parasitism in the Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia) (in revision).
• 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. * Equal first authorship.
• 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. * Equal first authorship.
• Anthony N.M., Bautz R., Spencer E. and Garland T. Jr. (2003) Small mammal community composition in native dry and wet prairies of southern Wisconsin. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 98: 1-26.
• Goossens B., Anthony N.M., Bruford M.W., Jeffery K. and Johnson-Bawe M. (2003) Collection, storage and analysis of non-invasive genetic material. In: Field and laboratory methods in primatology (Setchell and Curtis eds.) pp 295-308. Cambridge University Press.
• 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.