Todd Disotell

Position:

Professor of Anthropology

Education:

B.A. 1985, Cornell
M.A. 1987, Harvard
Ph.D. 1992, Harvard

E-mail:

todd.disotell@nyu.edu

Phone/fax:

212-998-3811

Website:

Disotell Home Page

Research Focus:

My research interests are centered upon the theme of primate and human evolution, at all levels from the populational to the supra-ordinal. They encompass the following major areas: Primate evolution, molecular evolution, mammalian evolution, molecular systematics, phylogenetic analysis, population genetics, phylogeography, computer modeling, human evolution, human variation, history of anthropology

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Recent and selected publications:

• Pozzi L, Hodgson JA, Burrell AS, Disotell TR. The stem catarrhine Saadinius does not inform the timing of the origin of crown catarrhines. Journal of Human Evolution 61:209-210, 2011.
• Hodgson JA, Disotell TR. Anthropological genetics: inferring the history of our species through the analysis of DNA. Evolution: Education and Outreach 3:387-398, 2010.
• Burrell AS, Disotell TR. Panmixia postponed: ancestry-related assortative mating in contemporary human populations. Genome Biology 10:245, 2009.
• Li J, Han K, Xing J, Kim H-S, Rogers J, Ryder OA, Disotell T, Yue B, Batzer MA. Phylogeny of the macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) based on Alu elements. Gene 448:242-249, 2009.
• Hodgson JA, Sterner KN, Matthews LJ, Burrell AS, Jani RA, Raaum RL, Stewart CB, Disotell TR. Successive radiations, not stasis, in the South American primate fauna. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:5534-5539, 2009.
• Burrell AS, Jolly CJ, Tosi AJ, Disotell TR. Mitochondrial evidence for the hybrid origin of the kipunji, Rungwecebus kipunji (Primates: Papionini). Mol Phylogenet Evol 51:340-348, 2009.
• Di Fiore A, Disotell TR, Gagneux P, Ayala FJ. Primate malarias: Evolution, adaptation, and species jumping. In Huffman MA, Chapman CA (eds). Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• Bilgin R, Karatas A, Coraman E, Disotell T, Morales JC. Regionally and climatically restricted patterns of distribution of genetic diversity in a migratory bat species, Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:209, 2008.
• Hodgson JA, Disotell TR. No evidence of Neanderthal contribution to modern human diversity. Genome Biology 9:206, 2008.
• Disotell TR. Primates phylogenetics. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
• Disotell TR. Modern human origins and evolution. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
• Ting N, Tosi, AJ, Li Y, Zhang Y-P, Disotell TR. Phylogenetic incongruence between nuclear and mitochondrial markers in the Asian colobines and the evolution of the langurs and leaf monkeys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:466-474, 2008.
• Disotell TR, Tosi AJ. The monkey's perspective. Genome Biology 8:226, 2007.
• Disotell TR. Phylogenetic Relationships (Biomolecules). In Henke W, Tattersall I (eds). Handbook of Paleoanthropology, Vol. 3: Phylogeny of Hominids. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2007.
• Listman JB, Malison RT, Sughondhabirom A, Yang BZ, Raaum RL, Thavichachart N, Sanichwankul K, Kranzler HR, Tangwonchai S, Mutirangura A, Disotell TR, Gelernter J. Demographic changes and marker properties affect detection of human population differentiation. BMC Genetics 8:21, 2007.
• Xing J, Wang H, Zhang Y, Ray DA, Tosi AJ, Disotell TR, Batzer MA. A mobile element based evolutionary history of guenons (tribe Cercopithecini). BMC Biology 5:5, 2007.
• Disotell TR. 'Chumanzee' evolution: the urge to diverge and merge. Genome Biology 7:240, 2006.
• Gonder MK, Disotell TR, Oates JF. New genetic evidence on the evolution of chimpanzee populations and implications for taxonomy. International Journal of Primatology 27:1103-1127, 2006.
• Gonder MK, Disotell TR. Contrasting phylogeographic histories of chimpanzees in Nigeria and Cameroon: A multi-locus genetic analysis. In Lehman SM and Fleagle J (eds). Primate Biogeography: Progress and Perspectives. New York: Springer, 2006.
• Sterner KN, Raaum RL, Zhang Y-P, Stewart C-B, Disotell TR. Mitochondrial data support an odd-nosed colobine clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:1-7, 2006.
• Sutton WK, Knight A, Underhill PA, Neulander JS, Disotell TR, Mountain JL. Toward resolution of the debate regarding purported crypto-Jews in a Spanish-American population: Evidence from the Y chromosome. Annals of Human Biology 33: 100-111, 2006.
• Xing J, Wang H, Han K, Ray DA, Huang CH, Chemnick LG, Stewart C-B, Disotell TR, Ryder OA, Batzer MA. A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 872-880, 2005.
• Tosi AJ, Detwiler KM, Disotell TR. Y-chromosomal markers suitable for non-invasive studies of guenon hybridization. International Journal of Primatology 26: 685-696.
• Tosi AJ, Detwiler KM, Disotell TR. X-chromosomal window into the evolutionary history of the guenons (Primates: Cercopithecini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36:58-66, 2005.
• Raaum RL, Sterner KN, Noviello CM, Disotell TR, Stewart C-B. Catarrhine primate divergence dates estimated from complete mitochondrial genomes: Concordance with fossil and nuclear DNA evidence. Journal of Human Evolution 48:237-257, 2005.
• Distotell, T. Genetic nature/culture: Anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide. American Journal of Human Biology 17: 520-521, 2005.
• Tosi AJ, Melnick DJ, Disotell TR. Sex chromosome phylogenetics indicate a single transition to terrestriality in the guenons (tribe Cercopithecini). Journal of Human Evolution 46:223-237, 2004.
• Wildman DE, Bergman TJ, al-Aghbari A, Sterner, KN, Newman TK, Phillips-Conroy JE, Jolly CJ, Disotell TR. Mitochondrial evidence for the origin of hamadryas baboons. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:287-296, 2004.