Clifford W. Cunningham
Professor in the Department of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Yale University 1991
B.S., Yale University 1983
LaBella, AL, Van Dover, CL, Jollivet, D, and Cunningham, CW. "Gene flow between Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins in three lineages of deep-sea clams (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) and subsequent limited gene flow within the Atlantic." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 137 (March 2017): 307-317. Full Text
Dexter, KG, Terborgh, JW, and Cunningham, CW. "Historical effects on beta diversity and community assembly in Amazonian trees." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109, no. 20 (May 15, 2012): 7787-7792. Full Text
Miglietta, MP, and Cunningham, CW. "Evolution of life cycle, colony morphology, and host specificity in the family hydractiniidae (hydrozoa, cnidaria)." Evolution 66, no. 12 (2012): 3876-3901. Full Text
Thaler, AD, Zelnio, K, Saleu, W, Schultz, TF, Carlsson, J, Cunningham, C, Vrijenhoek, RC, and Van Dover, CL. "The spatial scale of genetic subdivision in populations of Ifremeria nautilei, a hydrothermal-vent gastropod from the southwest Pacific." BMC evolutionary biology 11 (January 2011): 372-. Full Text
Regier, JC, Shultz, JW, Zwick, A, Hussey, A, Ball, B, Wetzer, R, Martin, JW, and Cunningham, CW. "Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences." Nature 463, no. 7284 (February 10, 2010): 1079-1083. Full Text
Dexter, KG, Pennington, TD, and Cunningham, CW. "Using DNA to assess errors in tropical tree identifications: How often are ecologists wrong and when does it matter?." Ecological Monographs 80, no. 2 (2010): 267-286. Full Text
Miglietta, MP, McNally, L, and Cunningham, CW. "Evolution of calcium-carbonate skeletons in the hydractiniidae." Integrative and Comparative Biology 50, no. 3 (2010): 428-435. Full Text
Miglietta, MP, Schuchert, P, and Cunningham, CW. "Reconciling genealogical and morphological species in a worldwide study of the Family Hydractiniidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)." Zoologica Scripta 38, no. 4 (2009): 403-430. Full Text
Regier, JC, Shultz, JW, Ganley, ARD, Hussey, A, Shi, D, Ball, B, Zwick, A, Stajich, JE, Cummings, MP, Martin, JW, and Cunningham, CW. "Resolving arthropod phylogeny: exploring phylogenetic signal within 41 kb of protein-coding nuclear gene sequence." Systematic Biology 57, no. 6 (December 2008): 920-938. Full Text
Percy, DM, Garver, AM, Wagner, WL, James, HF, Cunningham, CW, Miller, SE, and Fleischer, RC. "Progressive island colonization and ancient origin of Hawaiian Metrosideros (Myrtaceae)." Proceedings. Biological Sciences 275, no. 1642 (July 2008): 1479-1490. Full Text
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Selected Grants
Collaborative Research: Connectivity in Western Atlantic Seep Populations awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2010 to 2015
Collaborative Research: Assembling the Tree of Life-An Integrative Approach to Investigating Cnidarian Phylogeny awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2005 to 2010
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Novel Approaches to the Study of the Community Ecology of Tropical Trees awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2006 to 2009
Deep arthropod phylogeny from 120 targeted nuclear coding-region sequences awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2001 to 2007
Collaborative Research: Extreme discordance between allozyme and non-allozyme introgression in Baltic Mussels awarded by National Science Foundation (Co Investigator). 2003 to 2006
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: A multi-locus study of genetic impact of rafting in North Atlantic amphipods. awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2004 to 2006
RCN The North Atlantic Project: Historical Ecology of the Trans-Atlantic Biota awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2002 to 2006
REU Supplement: PEET: Monographic Studies of the Hydractinioidea awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 1999 to 2005
PEET: Collaborative Research: Monographic Studies of the Hydractinioidea awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 1999 to 2003
Biogeographic History of Northern Hemisphere Coastal Fishes awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2002 to 2003