Cort Anderson
Research Assistant Professor
and Manager, UI-LCEG

UI-LCEG  and CRISSP

    Molecular Evolution
    Molecular Systematics
    Invasive Species Issues

• Invasion Biology - For 504
• Molecular Methods in Population Biology - Wlf/For 404/504

• Integrative approach to molecular evolution and application of molecular techniques to questions of organismal and evolutionary biology

• The biology and evolutionary history of Myxozoa

Diversity of Publications:

Clark, M.E., B.D. Heath, C.L. Anderson and T.L Karr.  2006.  Induced paternal effects mimic cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila.  Genetics 173:727-734.

Clark, M.E., C.L. Anderson, J. Cande, and T.L. Karr.  2005. Widespread prevalence of Wolbachia in laboratory stocks and the implications for Drosophila research. Genetics 170(4):1667-1675.

Misof B., C.L. Anderson, T.R. Buckley, D.Erpenbeck, A. Rickert, and K. Misof. 2002. An empirical analysis of mt 16S rRNA covarion-like evolution in insects: site-specific rate variation is clustered and frequently detected. J Mol Evol 55(4):460-9

Anderson, C.L., and T.L. Karr. 2001. Wolbachia: Evolutionary novelty in a rickettsial bacteria. BMC Evolutionary Biology 1 :10.

Okamura, B., C. L. Anderson, M. Longshaw, S.W. Feist, and E.U. Canning. 2001. Patterns of occurance and 18S rDNA sequence variation of PKX (Tetracapsula bryosalmonae), the causative agent of salmonid Proliferative Kidney Disease. J. Parasitology 87: 379-85.

Anderson, C.L., E.U.Canning, B. Okamura, S. M. Schäfer, and H. Yokoyama. 2000. Molecular data confirm Aurantiactinomyxon species as the alternate stage of Thelohanellus hovorkai Achmerov, 1960 (Myxosporea: Myxozoa) life cycle. Bull. Eur. Assoc. Fish Pathol 20: 111-115.

Misof, B., C. L. Anderson and H. Hadrys. 2000. A phylogeny of the damselfly genus Calopteryx (Odonata) using mitochondrial 16s rDNA markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 5-14.

Anderson, C.L., E. U. Canning, and B. Okamura. 1999. Molecular data implicate bryozoans as hosts for PKX (Phylum Myxozoa) and identify a clade of bryozoan parasites within the Myxozoa. Parasitology 119: 555-561.

Anderson, C.L., E. U. Canning, and B. Okamura. 1999. 18S rDNA sequences indicate that PKX organism parasitizes bryozoa. Bull. Eur. Assoc. Fish Pathol. 19: 94-97.

Canning, E.U., A. Curry, C.L. Anderson, and B. Okamura. 1999. Ultrastructure of Myxidium trachinorum n. sp. nov., from the gall bladder of the lesser weever fish Echiicthys vipera. Parasitology Research 85: 910-919.

Anderson, C. L. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Myxozoa. In Evolutionary Relationships among Protozoa, G. Coombs and A. Warren, eds., Chapman and Hall, London 341-349.

Anderson, C.L., B. Okamura, and E. U. Canning. 1998. Hox genes confirm that Myxozoa are extremely reduced triploblasts. Nature 392: 346-347.

Hollister, W.S., E.U. Canning, and C.L. Anderson. 1996. Identification of Microsporidia causing human disease. J. Euk. Microbiol. 43(5):104-105S.

Wynn, Richard C., C. Anderson, F. M. Richards and R.O. Fox. 1995. Interactions in nonnative and truncated forms of staphylococcal nuclease as indicated by mutational free energy changes. Protein Science 4(9): 1815-1823.

Anderson, C. L., E. Carew, and J. R. Powell. 1993. Evolution of the ADH locus in Drosophila willistoni: The loss of an intron and shift in codon usage. Mol. Biol. and Evol. 10(3): 605-618.

Cunningham, C. W., L. Buss, and C. Anderson. 1991. Molecular and geologic evidence of shared history between hermit crabs and the symbiotic genus Hydractinia. Evolution 45: 1301-1316.

In press or submitted

Nischwitz, C., G. Newcombe, and C.L. Anderson. Host specialization of the mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum and its evolutionary relationship to other fungi. Mycol. Res., in press.

Reinhardt, F., C.L. Anderson, and B. Streit. Invasive alien species in Germany: Economic impact, and the social and environmental costs. Alien Species, submitted.