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Stone, Anne C. |
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Arizona State University |
| Primary Field
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Anthropology |
| Secondary Field
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Evolutionary Biology |
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Stone's research has transformed knowledge in fields ranging from forensic science to the co-evolution of humans and mycobacterial disease and the evolutionary history of humans and the Great Apes. Centered in anthropological genetics, her studies are profoundly cross-disciplinary, employing bioarchaeological, molecular genetic, population genetic, and genomic approaches. |
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Research Interests
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My research focuses on the analysis of genetic data to investigate population history and adaptation in humans, other animals, and pathogens. I am particularly interested in adaptation in the context of disease and diet which have been particularly important over the course of human evolution. Specifically, my research has had three main foci: (a) Native American population history, (b) the evolutionary biology of the Great Apes, and (c) understanding the evolutionary history of pathogens (specifically Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. leprae, the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy, respectively) in humans and other animals. In order to address questions about these topics, my students, collaborators, and I analyze DNA from ancient and modern samples. Such analyses have allowed us to evaluate demographic changes through time, assess the impacts of geography and language on genetic variation, estimate divergence times, and examine the signatures and impacts of selection in genomes. |
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