Zoology

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) phylogeography of various cephalopods, including the commercially important pharaoh cuttle (Sepia pharaonis), 2) molecular and morphological investigations of loliginid squid phylogeny, 3) population genetics and phylogeny of various land snails (at this point, primarily Polygyridae and Anguispira), 4) annelid phylogeny and 5) patterns of land snail diversity, distribution and abundance in southern Illinois.

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

Selected Recent Publications

Reeve, J. D., F. E. Anderson and S. T. Kelley. 2011. Ancestral state reconstruction for Dendroctonus bark beetles - evolution of a tree killer. Environmental Entomology (accepted for publication).

Krajewski, C., F. E. Anderson, P. A. Woolley and M. Westerman. 2011. On the monophyly of Sminthopsis: a revised molecular phylogeny for Sminthopsini (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution (accepted for publication).

Anderson, F. E., R. Engelke, K. Jarrett, T. Valinassab, K. S. Mohamed, P. K. Asokan, P. U. Zacharia, P. Nootmorn, C. Chotiyaputta and M. Dunning. 2011. Phylogeny of the Sepia pharaonis species complex based on analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77:65-75.

Krajewski, C., J. T. Sipiorski and F. E. Anderson. 2010. Complete mitochondrial genome sequences and the phylogeny of cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae). The Auk 127:440-452.

Anderson, F. E. 2009. Is it time for timetrees? (book review). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:480-481.

Ikeda, Y, Y. Ueta, F. E. Anderson and G. Matsumoto. 2008. Reproduction and life span in the oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae): comparison between laboratory-cultured and wild-caught squid. JMBA2 Biodiversity Records 5994.

Venarsky, M. P., F. E. Anderson and F. M. Wilhelm. 2008. Population genetic study of the U.S. federally listed Illinois cave amphipod, Gammarus acherondytes. Conservation Genetics 10:915-921.

Anderson, F. E., A. Pilsits, S. Clutts, V. Laptikhovsky, G. Bello, E. Balguerias, M. Lipinski, C. Nigmatulin, J. M. F. Pereira, U. Piatkowski, J.-P. Robin, A. Salman and M. G. Tasende. 2008. Systematics of Alloteuthis (Cephalopoda:Loliginidae) based on molecular and morphometric data. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 364:99-109.

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.

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.