1. Martinez O.W.*, Guibinga Mickala A.*, Ntie S., Anthony, N.M. (in revision) DNA barcoding and identification of small rodent hairs sampled non-invasively in Gabon. Submitted to Journal of Mammalogy. * Equal first author
2. Miller C.A., Tasse Taboue G.C., Fokam E.B., Morgan K.J., Zhen Y., Harrigan R.J., Underwood V.L., Ruegg K., Sesink Clee P.R., Ntie S., Mickala P., Mboumba J-F., Fuller T., Zimkus B., Smith T.B. and Anthony N.M. (in press). Environmental variation predicts patterns of genomic variation in an African tropical forest frog. Frontiers in Conservation Science.
3. Konefal A., Kirkland A., Gilpin R., Wyssmann K., Cebrian J. Anthony N.M. and Cox T.E. (2024). The relationship between genetic diversity and resilience for coastal foundational species: what do we know for actionable science. BioScience 74: 187-206.
4. Weber A., Lighten K., van Osterhout C.V., Guibinga Mickala A., Ntie S., Mickala P., Lehmann D., Abernethy K.A. and Anthony N.M. (2023) What mandrills leave behind: using fecal samples to characterize the major histocompatibility complex in a threatened primate. Conservation Genetics 25: 533-549.
5. Guibinga Mickala A., Weber, A., Ntie S., Gahlot P., Lehmann D., Mickala P., Abernethy K.A. and Anthony N.M. (2022) Estimation of the census (Nc) and effective (Ne) population size of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) horde in the Lopé National Park, Gabon using a non-invasive genetic approach. Conservation Genetics 23: 871-83.
6. Babin C.H., Anthony N.M. and Bell C.D. (2022) Intraspecific differentiation of Allium canadense var. canadense (Amaryllidaceae) across the North American Coastal Plain. Plant Species Biology 37: 369-380.
7. Card D.C., Van Camp A., Santonastaso T., Jensen-Seaman M.I., Anthony N.M. and Edwards S.V. (2022) Structure and evolution of the squamate major histocompatibility complex as revealed by two Anolis lizard genomes. Frontiers in Genetics 13: fgene.2022.979746
8. Smith T.B., Fuller T.L., Zhen Y., Zaunbrecher V., Thomassen H.A., Njabo K., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Buermann W., Larison B., Ruegg K. and Harrigan R.J. (2021) Genomic vulnerability and socio-economic threats under climate change in an African rainforest bird. Evolutionary Applications 14: 1239-1247.
9. Weber W.D., Anthony N.M. and Lailvaux S.P. (2021) Size but not relatedness drives the spatial distribution of an urban population of Anolis carolinensis lizards. Ecology and Evolution 11: 2886-2898.
10. Morgan K.J., Mboumba J-F., Ntie S., Mickala P., Miller C.A., Zhen Y., Harrigan R.J., Underwood V.L., Reugg K., Fokam E.B., Taboue Tasse G.C., Sesink Clee P.R., Fuller T., Smith T.B. and Anthony N.M. (2020) Precipitation and vegetation shape patterns of genomic and craniometric variation in the Central African rodent Praomys misonnei. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20200449.
11. Mboumba J.-F., Hervé M.R., Tionga T., Taylor A., Lowery N., Mezeme Ndong F., Maloupazoa Siawaya A.C., Morgan K.J., Anthony N.M. (2019) Comparative efficiency of three bait types for live trapping small rodents in central Africa. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 85-89
12. Fuller T.L., Narins T.P., Nackoney J., Bonebrake T.C., Sesink Clee P., Morgan K., Tróchez A., Bocuma Meñe D., Bongwele E., Njabo K.Y., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Kahn M., Allen W.R., Smith T.B. (2018) Assessing the impact of China’s timber industry on Congo Basin land use change. Area 2018:1-10.
13. Fuller T.L., Sesink Clee P.R., Njabo K.Y., Trochez A., Morgan K., Bocuma Meñe D., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Allen W.R., Hanna R. and Smith T.B. (2018) Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in central Africa. Science of the Total Environment 610-611: 503-510.
14. Miller C.A., Tasse Taboue G.C, Ekane M.P., Robak, M., Sesink-Clee P.R., Richards-Zawacki C., Fokam E.B., Fuashi N.A. and Anthony N.M. (2018) Distribution modeling and lineage diversity of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a central African amphibian hotspot. PLOS ONE 13: e0199288.
15. Ntie S., Davis A.R., Hils K., Mickala P., Thomassen H., Morgan K., Gonder M. K. and Anthony N.M. (2017) Evaluating the role of Pleistocene refugia, rivers and environmental variation in the diversification of central African duikers (genera Cephalophus and Philantomba). BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 212.
16. Santonastaso T., van Oosterhout C., Jones K.L., Foufopoulos J. and Anthony, N. M. (2017) The effects of historical fragmentation on major histocompatibility complex class II β and microsatellite variation in the Aegean island reptile, Podarcis erhardii. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4568-4581.
17. Terrell K.A., Crosier A. E., Wildt, D. E., O’Brien S. J., Anthony N. M., Marker L. and Johnson W. (2016). Continued decline in genetic diversity among wild cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) without further loss of semen quality. Biological Conservation 200: 192-199.
18. Anthony N. M., Atteke, C., Bruford M.W., Dallmeier F., Freedman A.H., Hardy O., Ibrahim B., Jeffery K. J., Johnson M., Lahm S. A., Lepengue, N., Lowenstein, J. H., Maisels, F., Mboumba J-F., Mickala P., Morgan K., Ntie S., Smith T.B., Sullivan J.P., Verheyen E. and Gonder M.K. (2015) Evolution and conservation of central African biodiversity: priorities for research and education in the Congo basin and Gulf of Guinea. Biotropica 47: 6-17
19. Soto-Calderón I. D., Dew J. L., Jensen-Seaman M. I., Bergl, R. and Anthony N. M. (2015) Admixture between historically isolated mitochondrial lineages in captive western gorillas: recommendations for future management. Journal of Heredity 106: 310-314.
20. Mitchell, M. W., Locatelli, S. Ghobrial, L., Pokempner, A.A., Sesink Clee, P.R., Abwe, E.E., Nicolas, A., Nkembi, L., Anthony, N.M. Morgan, B.J. Fotso, R. Peeters, M. Hahn, B.H. and Gonder, M. K. (2015) The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 1
21. Sesink Clee P. R., Abwe E. E., Ambabe R. D., Anthony N. M., Fotso R., Locatelli S., Maisels F., Mitchell M. W., Morgan B. J., Pokempner A. A. and Gonder M. (2015) Chimpanzee population structure in Cameroon and Nigeria is associated with habitat variation that may be lost under climate change. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 2
22. Soto-Calderón I. D., Clark N. J., Halo Wildschutte, J. V., DiMattio, K., Jensen-Seaman M. I. and Anthony N. M (2014) Identification of species-specific nuclear insertions of mitochondrial DNA (numts) in gorillas and their potential as population genetic markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81: 61-70.
23. Das R., Hergenrother S., Soto-Calderón I. D, Dew J. L. and Anthony N.M. (2014) Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and implications for African ape biogeography. Journal of Heredity 105: 752-761
24. Soto-Calderón I.D., Lee E.J., Jensen-Seaman M.I. and Anthony N.M. (2012) Factors affecting the relative abundance of nuclear copies of the mitochondrial control region (numts) in hominoids. Journal of Molecular Evolution 75: 102-111.
25. Clostio R.W., Martinez A.M., LeBlanc K.E. and Anthony N. M. (2012) Population genetic structure of a threatened tortoise across the southeastern United States: implications for conservation management. Animal Conservation 15: 613-625.
26. Johnston A.R. and Anthony N.M. (2012) A multi-locus species phylogeny of African forest duikers in the subfamily Cephalophinae: evidence for a recent radiation in the Pleistocene. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 120.
27. Kim J., Anthony N.M. and Larget B.R. (2012) A Bayesian method for estimating evolutionary history. Bayesian Analysis 7: 917-973.
28. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Baviser B.D., Leibo S.P., Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2012) Different patterns of metabolic cryo-damage in domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) spermatozoa. Cryobiology 64: 110-117.
29. Anthony N.M., Mickala P., Abernethy K.A., Atteke C., Bissiengou P., Bruford M.W., Dallmeier F., Decaens T., Dudu A., Freedman A., Gonder M.K., Hardy O., Hart J., Jeffery K., Johnson M., Koumba Pambo F., Ley A., Korte L., Lahm S.A., Lee M., Lowenstein J., Mboumba J.-F., Ndiade Bourobou D., Ngomanda A., Ntie S., Sebag D., Sullivan J., Vanthomme H., Vergnes V. and Zimkus B. (2012) Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in central Africa: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 523-525.
30. Johnston A.R., Morikawa M., Ntie S. and Anthony N.M. (2011) Evaluating DNA barcoding criteria using the genus Cephalophus as a test case. Conservation Genetics 10: 251-255.
31. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Bavister B.D., Leibo S.P. Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2011) Oxidative phosphorylation is essential for felid sperm function, but is substantially lower in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) compared to domestic cat (Felis catus) Ejaculate. Biology of Reproduction 85: 473-481.
32. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Bavister B.D., Leibo S.P. Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2011) Glycolytic enzyme activity is essential for domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sperm motility and viability in a sugar-free medium. Biology of Reproduction 84: 1198-1206.
33. Ntie S., Soto-Calderon I.D. and Anthony N.M. (2010) Assembly and cross-species amplification of three microsatellite multiplex sets in central African artiodactyls. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 1059-1065.
34. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Bavister B.D., Leibo S.P., Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2010) Evidence for compromised metabolic function and limited glucose uptake in spermatozoa from the teratospermic domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Biology of Reproduction 83: 833-841.
35. Ntie S., Johnston A., Mickala P., van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Colyn M., Sonet G., Rouyer R., Wallace R.A., LeBlanc K., van Vliet N., Ryder O., Hymas O., Wickings E., 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.
36. Hurston H.H., Foufopoulos J., Voith L., Bonanno 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.
37. Jensen-Seaman M.I., Wildschutte J.V.H, Soto-Calderon I. and Anthony N.M. (2009). A comparative approach reveals differences in patterns of numt insertion during hominoid evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 68: 688-699.
38. Linares M.C., Soto-Calderon I.D., Lees D.C., Anthony N.M. (2009) High mitochondrial diversity in geographically widespread butterflies of Madagascar: a test of the DNA barcoding approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 485-495.
39. Soto-Calderon I.D., Ntie S., Mickala P., Maisels F., Wickings E.J. and Anthony N.M. (2009) Effects of storage type and time on DNA amplification success in tropical ungulate faeces. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 471-479.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. Anthony N.M., 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.
43. Masters J.C., Anthony N.M., 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. Guillemaud T., Brun A., Anthony N., Sauge M-H., Boll R., Delorme R., Fournier D., Lapchin L. and Vanlerberghe-Masutti F. (2003) Incidence of insecticide resistance alleles in sexually-reproducing populations of the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from southern France. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93: 289-297.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. ffrench-Constant R.H., Pittendrigh B.R., Vaughan A. and Anthony N.M. (1998) Why are there so few resistance-associated mutations in insecticide resistance genes? Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London Series B. 353: 1685-1693.
53. Anthony N.M., Ganser D., Unruh T. and ffrench-Constant R.H. (1998) Duplication of the Rdl GABA receptor subunit gene in an insecticide resistant aphid, Myzus persicae. Molecular General Genetics 260: 165-175.
54. Anthony N.M., Brown J.K., Feyereisen R. & ffrench-Constant R.H. (1998) Diagnosis and characterization of insecticide insensitive acetylcholinesterase in three populations of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Pesticide Science 52: 39-46.
55. Severson D.W., Anthony N.M. and ffrench-Constant R.H. (1997) Molecular mapping of insecticide resistance genes in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Journal Heredity 88: 520-524.
56. Liu H.T., Stilwell G., Anthony N.M., Rocheleau T. and ffrench-Constant R.H. (1997) Analysis of a mosquito acetylcholinesterase gene promoter. Insect Molecular Biology 7: 11-17.
57. Anthony N.M., Brown J.K., Markham, P.G. and ffrench-Constant R.T. (1995) Distribution of cyclodiene resistance associated mutations among strains of the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 51: 220-228.
58. Anthony N.M., Rocheleau T., Mocelin G., Lee H-J and ffrench-Constant R. (1995) Cloning, sequencing and functional expression of an acetylcholinesterase gene from the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. FEBS Letters 368: 461-465.
59. ffrench-Constant R.T., Aronstein K.A., Anthony N.M. and Coustau C. (1995) PCR based monitoring techniques for the detection of insecticide resistance associated point mutations and their potential applications. Pesticide Science 43: 195-200.
60. Anthony N.M., Holyoke C.W. and Sattelle D.B. (1994) Blocking actions of picrotoxinin analogues on GABA receptors of an identified insect motor neurone. Neuroscience Letters 171: 67-69.
61. Anthony N.M., Holyoke C.W. and Sattelle D.B. (1993) Actions of picrotoxinin analogues on a chick optic lobe GABAA receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Molecular Neuropharmacology 3: 63-67.
62. Anthony N.M., Harrison J.B. and Sattelle D.B. (1993) GABA receptor molecules of insects. In: Comparative Molecular Neurobiology (Ed. Y. Pichon), pp. 172-209. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
63. Blake A.D., Anthony N.M., Chen H.H., Harrison J.B., Nathanson N.M. and Sattelle D.B. (1993) Drosophila nervous system muscarinic acetylcholine receptor: Transient functional expression and localization by immunocytochemistry. Molecular Pharmacology 44: 716-724.
64. Anthony N.M., Benner E.A., Rauh J.J. and Sattelle D.B. (1992) [35S]t‑Butylbicyclo phosphorothionate binding sites in susceptible and cyclodiene-resistant houseflies. Neurochemistry International 21: 215-221.
65. Sattelle, D.B., Marshall, J., Lummis, S.C.R., Leech, C.A., Wafford, K.A., Anthony, N.M., Bai, D., Miller, K.W.P., Harrison, B.J., Chapiatis, L., Watson, K., Wong, J. and Rauh, J.J. (1991) GABA and L-Glutamate receptors of insects. In: Transmitter Amino Acid Receptors: Structures, Transduction and Models for Drug Development (Ed. E. Costa) pp. 273-291. Raven Press, New York.
66. Anthony, N.M., Benner, E.A., Rauh, J.J. and Sattelle, D.B. (1991) GABA receptors of insects susceptible and resistant to cyclodiene insecticides. Pesticide Science 33: 223-230.
Recent Grants Awarded (* denotes co-PI or co-authorship)
2013-2017 * National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering OISE 1243524. Partnerships in International Research and Education: Mapping evolutionary process in the face of climate change: an integrated approach to education and conservation prioritization in Central Africa (PI Tom Smith; co-PIs Anthony and Gonder). Total award ($4,950,000; amount awarded to co-PI Anthony is $966,350).
2012 UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Isolation and characterization of the major histocompatibility complex in the green anole Anolis carolinensis: development of a reptilian model system for studying host-parasite evolution ($14,900).
2011-2012 UNO College of Sciences Faculty Research Grant. Development of cross-species microsatellite and immunity gene markers in Anolis species ($7,500).
2010-2011 National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering OISE 0968587 (co-PI: Katy Gonder). Workshop: Evolution and conservation of central African biological diversity: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration ($59,855).
2010 REU supplement to DEB 0516425 to support undergraduate participation in molecular research ($6,000).
2009-2010 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ($5000).
2009-2010 * National Geographical Society (PI: Katy Gonder): The biogeography of the Sanaga river basin: Testing the riverine barrier hypothesis using great apes and forest ungulates ($14,000).
2009-2010 University of New Orleans Stimulating Competitive Research (SCoRe) Award: Isolation and characterization of variation in the major histocompatibility complex of Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii ($15,000).
2009-2010 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology DEB 0910184 (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Dissertation research: Influence of environmental variables on gene flow, population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ($11,000).
2008 REU supplement to DEB 0516425 to support undergraduate participation in field and molecular research ($6,000).
2007-2011 National Institutes for Health: National Institute for General Medical Sciences 1R15GM073682-01A2. Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in great apes ($224,485).
2007-2010 *National Geographical Society (PI: David Lees): Lepidoptera as probes of Pleistocene rainforest refugia and Holocene forest fragmentation history in Madagascar ($19,750).
2006-2007 LINK RFP 2005-D Louisiana EPSCoR. Genetic variation in Mycoplasma agassizii and its evolutionary relationship to gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) ($2,500).
2006-2010 National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology DEB 0516425. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers ($240,000).
2005-2008 Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Scheme. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers. Funding withdrawn due to NSF award ($131,263).
2005-2006 University of New Orleans Investing in Research Excellence Program. The effects of long term habitat fragmentation on island populations of the Aegean rock lizard Podarcis erhardii ($13,000).
2004-2008 * National Science Foundation Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263: Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Conservation Biology and Ecology ($438,902) (PI: S. Johnson; co-PIs Anthony and Schluchter).
2004 National Science Foundation International Cooperative Planning Grant US – Gabon. Comparative phylogeography of Central African Duikers ($4,315).