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Frank E. (Andy) Anderson
Associate Professor
Office: 1017 Life Science III
Phone: 618-453-4136
email: feander@siu.edu

Education: B.S., Biology, University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz; Postdoctoral, Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution

Courses taught: BIOL 200A (Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Evolution), BIOL 305 (Genetics), ZOOL 220 (Animal Diversity), ZOOL 413 (The Invertebrates), ZOOL 556 (Phylogenetics)

Areas of interest: Invertebrate Zoology, Molecular Systematics, Molecular Evolution, Malacology

My primary research interests are molluscan phylogeny, population genetics and ecology, with particular focus on cephalopods and land snails. These lineages represent two extremes of the molluscan radiation — one is a group of active marine predators with an array of fascinating behaviors, while the other is the only molluscan lineage to invade terrestrial habitats. I am also interested in metazoan phylogeny (relationships among the animal phyla), phylogenetic taxonomy and various theoretical issues in phylogenetic analysis. Ongoing research projects in my lab include 1) development of new nuclear protein-coding loci for studies of metazoan phylogeny, 2) phylogeography of various cephalopods, including the commercially important pharaoh cuttle (Sepia pharaonis), 3) molecular and morphological investigations of loliginid squid phylogeny, 4) population genetics and phylogeny of various land snails (at this point, primarily Polygyridae and Anguispira) and 5) patterns of land snail diversity, distribution and abundance in southern Illinois.

For more information on my research program, please see my lab webpage.

Recent Publications


Anderson, F. E. 2007. Population genetics of the carinate pillsnail, Euchemotrema hubrichti: genetic structure on a small spatial scale. Conservation Genetics 8:965-975.

Anderson, F. E., T. Valinassab, C.-W. Ho, K. S. Mohamed, P. K. Asokan, G. S. Rao, P. Nootmorn, C. Chotiyaputta, M. Dunning and C.-C. Lu. 2007. Phylogeography of the pharoah cuttle Sepia pharaonis based on partial mitochondrial 16S sequence data. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 17:345-352.

Venarsky, M. P., F. M. Wilhelm and F. E. Anderson. 2007. Conservation strategies supported by non-lethal life history sampling fo the U.S. federally listed Illinois cave amphipod, Gammarus acherondytes. Journal of Crustacean Biology 27:202-211.

Anderson, F. E. 2006. Cephalopoda. Pgs. 239-249 in Sturm, C.F., T.A. Pearce, and A. Valdés (eds.). The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation. Universal Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, FL. xii + 445 pp., 101 ill.

Schrey, N. M., J. D. Reeve and F. E. Anderson. 2005. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the bark beetle predator Thanasimus dubius F. (Coleoptera: Cleridae) reveals regional genetic differentiation. Molecular Ecology 14:3317-3324.

Vecchione, M., E. Shea, S. Bussarawit, F. Anderson, D. Alexeyev, C.-C. Lu, T. Okutani, M. Roeleveld, C. Chotiyaputta, C. Roper, E. Jorgensen and N. Sukramongkol. 2005. Systematics of Indo-West Pacific loliginids. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:23-26.

Nickrent, D. L., J. P. Der and F. E. Anderson. 2005. Discovery of the photosynthetic relatives of the "Maltese Mushroom" Cynomorium. BMC Evolutionary Biology 5:38.

Anderson, F. E. and D. A. Smith. 2005. A redescription of the carinate pillsnail, Euchemotrema hubrichti (Pilsbry, 1940) (Pulmonata:Polygyridae), with notes on habitat and genetics. Zootaxa 807:1-11.

Anderson, F. E. and D. L. Swofford. 2004. Should we be worried about long-branch attraction in real data sets? Investigations using metazoan 18S rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:440-451.

Nickrent, D. L., A. Blarer, Y.-L. Qiu, R. Vidal-Russell and F. E. Anderson. 2004. Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4:40

Anderson, F. E., A. J. Córdoba and M. Thollesson. 2004. Bilaterian phylogeny based on analyses of a region of the sodium-potassium ATPase alpha subunit gene. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58:252-268.