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Publications:

  1. Wang, C.H., Korenaga, M., Greenwood, A., and Bell, R.G. (1990) T-helper subset function in the gut of rats: differential stimulation of eosinophils, mucosal mast cells and antibody-forming cells by OX8- OX22- and OX8- OX22+ cells. Immunology 71(2): 166-175.
  2. Chamberlain, J.S., Phelps, S.F., Cox, G.A., Maichele, A.J., Greenwood, A.D. (1993) PCR analysis of muscular dystrophy in mdx mice. Mol Cell Biol Hum Dis Ser 3: 167-189.
  3. Pappas, G.J., Thompson, E., Burgess, A., Greenwood, A., and Trent, J.M. (1995) Generation and molecular cytogenetic characterization of a radiation-reduction hybrid panel for human chromosome 6. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 69:201-206.
  4. Greenwood, A.D. and Burke, D.T. (1996) Single nucleotide primer extension: quantitative range, variability, and multiplex analysis. Genome Research 6: 336-348.
  5. Greenwood, A.D., Southard-Smith, E.M., Galecki, A.T., and Burke, D.T. (1997) Coordinate control and variation in X-linked gene expression among female mice. Mammalian Genome 8: 818-822.
  6. Greenwood, A.D. and Pääbo, S. (1999) Nuclear insertion sequences of mitochondrial DNA predominate in hair but not in blood of elephants. Molecular Ecology 8: 133-137.
  7. Greenwood, A.D., Capelli, C., Possnert, G., and Pääbo, S. (1999) Nuclear DNA sequences from late Pleistocene megafauna. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16(11): 1466-1473.
  8. Greenwood, A.D. and Sarmiento, E. (2000) MtDNA, primate phylogenies, and potential problems caused by Numts. African Primates 4: 62-65.
  9. Greenwood, A.D.*, Castresana*, J., Feldmaier-Fuchs, and Pääbo, S. (2001) A molecular phylogeny of two extinct sloths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18(1): 94-103.
    *   Contributed equally
  10. Greenwood, A.D., Lee, F., Capelli, C., DeSalle, R., Tikhonov, A., Marx, P.A., and MacPhee, R.D.E. (2001) Evolution of endogenous retrovirus-like elements of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and its relatives. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18(5): 840-847.
  11. Greenwood, A.D. (2001) Mammoth biology: Biomolecules, phylogeny, Numts, nuclear DNA, and the biology of an extinct species. Ancient Biomolecules 3: 255-266.
  12. MacPhee, R.D.E., Tikhonov, A.N., Mol, D., de Marliave, C., van der Plicht, H., Greenwood, A.D., Flemming, C., and Agenbroad, L. (2002) Radiocarbon chronologies and extinction dynamics of the late Quaternary mammalian megafauna of the Taimyr peninsula, Russian Federation. J. of Arch. Sci. 29(9): 1017-1042.
  13. Greenwood, A.D., Englbrecht, C. and MacPhee, R.D.E. (2004) Characterization of an endogenous retrovirus class in elephants and their relatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 4:38.
  14. Seifarth, W., Frank, O., Zeilfelder, U., Spiess, B., Greenwood, A.D., Hehlmann, R., and Leib-Mösch, C. (2005)Comprehensive Analysis of Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV) Transcriptional Activity in Human Tissues with a Retrovirus-Specific Microarray. J. Virol. 79: 341-352.
  15. Greenwood, A.D., Stengel, A., Erfle, V., Seifarth, W., and Leib-Mösch, C. (2005) The distribution of pol containing human endogenous retroviruses in non-human primates. Virology 334(2): 203-213.
  16. Greenwood, A.D.*, Horsch, M.*, Stengel, A., Vorberg, I., Maas, E., Schädler,S., Beckers, J., Erfle, V., Schätzl, H., and Leib-Mösch, C. (2005) Cell line dependent RNA expression profiles of prion-infected mouse neuronal cells. Journal of Molecular Biology 349, 487-500.
    *   Contributed equally
  17. Greenwood, A.D., Leib-Mösch, C. and Seifarth W. (2005) Abyss1: A novel L2-like non-LTR retroelement of snakelocks anemone (Anemonia sulcata) Cytogenetics and Genome Research 110, 553-558.
  18. MacPhee, R.D.E., Tikhonov, A., Mol, D. and Greenwood, A.D. (2005) Late Quaternary Loss of Genetic Diversity in Muskox (Ovibos). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 5:49.
  19. Binladen, J., Carsten Wiuf, C., Thomas, M., Gilbert, P., Bunce, M., Barnett, R., Larson, G., Greenwood, A.D., Haile, J., Hansen, A.J., and Willerslev, E. (2006) Assessing the fidelity of ancient DNA sequences amplified from nuclear genes. Genetics 172:733-741
  20. Stengel, A., Bach, C., Vorberg, I., Frank, O., Lutzny, G., Gilch, S., Erfle, Schätzl, H., Leib-Mösch, C., and Greenwood, A.D. (2006) Prion infection influences murine endogenous retrovirus expression in neuronal cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 343 (3): 825-831
  21. Stengel, A., Roos, C., Hunsmann, G., Seifarth, W., Leib-Mösch, C. and Greenwood, A.D. (2006) Expression profiles of endogenous retrovirus in Old World monkeys. J. Virol. 80 (9): 4415-4421.
  22. Capelli, C., MacPhee, R.D.E, Roca, A., Brisighelli, F., Giorgiadis, N., O'Brien, S.J. and Greenwood A.D. (2006) A nuclear DNA phylogeny of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 40: 620-627.
  23. MacPhee, R.D.E. and Greenwood A.D. (2006) Continuity and change in the extinction dynamics of late Quaternary muskox (Ovibos): Genetic and radiometric evidence. Bulletin Carnegie Mus. Natl. Hist. 39 (1): 203-212.
  24. Kolokotronis, S.O., MacPhee R.D., Greenwood A.D. (2007) Detection of mitochondrial insertions in the nucleus (NuMts) of Pleistocene and modern muskoxen. BMC Evol Biol. 7(1):67
  25. Calvignac, S., Terme, J.M., Hensley, S.M., Jalinot, P., Greenwood, A.D. and Hänni, C. (2008) Ancient DNA identification of early 20th century simian T-cell leukemia virus type 1.Mol Biol Evol. 25(6):1093-8.
  26. Wyatt, K., Campos, P.F., Gilbert, M.T.P., Kolokotronis, S.O., Hynes, W., DeSalle, R., Daszak, P., MacPhee, R.D.E*. and Greenwood A.D*. (2008) Historical Mammal Extinction on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) Correlates with Introduced Infectious Disease. PLoS One 3(11) e3602
    * Co-PI’s
  27. Bach C, Gilch S, Rost R, Greenwood AD, Horsch M, Hajj GN, Brodesser S, Facius A, Schadler S, Sandhoff K, Beckers J, Leib-Mosch C, Schatzl HM, Vorberg I. (2009) Prion-induced activation of cholesterogenic gene expression by a sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP2) in neuronal cells. J Biol Chem. Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print].
  28. Roca AL, Ishida Y, Nikolaidis N, Kolokotronis SO, Fratpietro S, Stewardson K, Hensley S, Tisdale M, Boeskorov G, Greenwood AD. (2009)Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth. BMC Evol Biol. 9(1):232.

 

 

Book chapters:

    Greenwood, A.D. (2002) Late Pleistocene DNA extraction and analysis. In Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution. (eds. DeSalle, R., Giribet, G., and Wheeler, W.) Birkhauser-Verlag, Basel.

    Greenwood, A.D. (2009) Ancient DNA and the genetic consequences of late Pleistocene extinctions. In American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene. Haynes, G. Ed. Springer Publishers.

 

 

Other publications: (not peer reviewed):

    Greenwood, A.D. (1999) Hunting ancient viruses. Discovering Archeology 1(5): 57.

    Mol, D., Coppens, Y., Tikhonov, A.N., Agenbroad, L.D., MacPhee, R.D.E., Flemming, C., Greenwood, A., Buigues, B., de Marliave, C., van Geel, V., van Reenen, G.B.A., Pals, J.P., Fisher, D.C., Fox, D. (2001) The Jarkov Mammoth: 20,000-Year-Old carcass of a Siberian woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799). Proceedings of the 1st International Congress "The World of Elephants" Roma, 305-309.

    Greenwood, A.D. (2009) "Cloning the Extinct Woolly Mammoth Back to Life: Can it or Should it be Done?." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO. 22 Jun. 2009 <http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com>.

 

 

Submitted or in revision:

    Campos, P., Willerslev, E., Shapiro, B., Sher, A., Axelsson, E.,Tikhonov, A., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Greenwood, A.D., Kahlke, R., Kosintsev, P., Krakhmal'naya, T., Kuznetsova, T., MacPhee, R., Matheus, P., Mol, D., Norris, C.A., Shepherd, K., Suchard, M.A., Zazula, G., and Gilbert, M.T.P. (2009) Climate, rather than humans, as the driving force behind late Pleistocene musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) population dynamics. (submitted)

 

 

General press coverage of my research:

    Nicholas Wade. (July 15, 2007) Nope, that’s not a hairy elephant. New York Times Week in Review.

    Johnson, K. 2006. Mastodons Driven to Extinction by Tuberculosis, Fossils Suggest. National Geographic News. Commentary by Greenwood on published findings in Naturwissenschaftler.

    Calamai, P. 2004. Beyond "dreadful syncopation". Toronto Star, Sunday, November 7, p. A14.

    Stone, R. (2001) Raising the Mammoth: The resurrection of an ice age giant. Perseus Publishing, Cambridge, Massachusetts. pp. 138-143.

    Miller, M. (May 5, 2001) Mammoth mystery. New Scientist, No. 2289, 32-35.

    Stokstad, E. (2000) Hunting a mammoth killer. Science, 289, 531.

    Evers, M., Korschow, M., and Sadownikowa, A. (1999) Jäger des faulen Fleisches. Der Spiegel, 50, 220-223.

    Nicholas Wade. (October 29, 1999) Cloning of intact Siberian mammoth unlikely, expert says, citing fragmented DNA in earlier finds. The New York Times, No. 51,690.

 

 

Related to Historical Extinction of Christmas Island rats:

    Scott Harper (Nov 11, 2008) ODU study: Disease wiped out island’s rats. Virginia Pilot. Page 1.

    Jennifer Viegas (Nov 5, 2008) How disease can wipe out an entire species. Discovery Channel

    Sara Coelho. (Nov 5, 2008) Island Invaders: Infect and Conquer. ScienceNow