M.K. Gonder, S. Locatelli, L. Ghobrial, M.W. Mitchell, J.T. Kujawski, F.J. Lankester, C.B. Stewart, S.A. Tishkoff. Evidence from Cameroon reveals differences in the genetic structure and histories of chimpanzee populations. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci, USA, 2011, Vol. 108, 4766-4771 [Featured cover article] PMID: 21368170. LINK

B. Morgan, A. Adeleke, T. Bassey, R. Bergl, A. Dunn, R. Fotso, E. Gadsby, M.K. Gonder, E. Greengrass, D. Koulagna, G. Mbah, A. Nicholas, J. Oates, F. Omeni, Y. Saidu, V. Sommer, J. Sunderland-Groves, J. Tiebou, and L. Williamson. Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti). (2011) IUCN--The World Conservation Union. LINK

W. Liu, Y. Li, G.H. Learn, R.S. Rudicell, J.D. Robertson, B.F. Keele, J.B.N. Ndjango, C.M. Sanz, D.B. Morgan, S. Locatelli, M.K. Gonder, P.J. Kranzusch, P.D. Walsh, E. Delaporte, E. Mpoudi-Ngole, A.V. Georgiev, M.N. Muller, G.M. Shaw, M. Peeters, P.M. Sharp, J.C. Rayner and B.H. Hahn. Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas. Nature, Vol. 467, 2010, pp. 420-425. PMID: 20864995. LINK

C. Neel, L. Etienne, Y. Li, J. Takehisa, R.S. Rudicell, I. Ndong, J. Moudindo, A. Mebenga, A. Esteban, F. Van Heuverswyn, F. Liegeois, P.J. Kranzusch, P.D. Walsh, C.M. Sanz, D.B. Morgan, J.-B. N. Ndjango, J.-C. Plantier, S. Locatelli, M.K. Gonder, F.H. Leendertz, C. Boesch, A. Todd, E. Delaporte, E.M. Ngole, B. H. Hahn and M. Peeters. Molecular epidemiology of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in wild-living gorillas. Journal of Virology, Vol. 84 (3), 2010, pp. 1464 1476. PMID: 19906908. LINK

Received BMC Ecology's "Highly Accessed" label:
L. Ghobrial, F. Lankester, J.A. Kiyang, A.E. Akih, S. de Vries, R. Fotso, E.L.Gadsby, P.D. Jenkins, Jr. and M.K. Gonder. Tracing the Origins of Rescued Chimpanzees Reveals Widespread Chimpanzee Hunting in Cameroon. BMC Ecology, vol. 10 (2), 2010. LINK

M. K. Gonder, H. M. Mortensen, F. A. Reed, A. de Sousa, and S. A. Tishkoff. Whole mtDNA genome sequence analysis of ancient African lineages. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24, 2007, pp. 757-768. LINK

S.A. Tishkoff and M.K. Gonder. Human origins within and out of Africa. Anthropological Genetics: Theory Methods and Applications, M. Crawford, ed, Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 337-379.

M. K. Gonder, T.R. Disotell, and J.F. Oates. New genetic evidence on the evolution of chimpanzee populations, and implications for taxonomy. International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 27 (4), 2006, pp. 1103-1127. PDF

J. Wang, L. Song, M. K. Gonder, S. A. Tishkoff, S. Azrak, D.A. Ray, M. Batzer and P. Liang. Intra-species genome comparison reveals 800 polymorphic Alus and a dynamic Alu distribution in the human genome. Gene, vol. 365, 2006, pp. 11-20. LINK

M. K. Gonder and T. R. Disotell. Contrasting phylogeographic histories of chimpanzees in Nigeria and Cameroon: A multilocus analysis. Primate Biogeography, eds. Lehman and Fleagle. New York: Plenum/Kluwer Press, 2006, pp. 129-159.

J. Oates, L. Gadsby, P. Jenkins, M.K. Gonder, C. Bocian and A. Adeleke. Nigeria. West African chimpanzees: status survey and conservation action plan, IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, and IUCN--The World Conservation Union eds. R. Kormos C. Boesch, M.I. Bakarr and T. M Butynski, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 2003, pp. 123-130.

P. Gagneux, M.K. Gonder, T.L. Goldberg and P.A. Morin. Gene flow in wild chimpanzee populations: What genetic data tell us about chimpanzee movement over time and space. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 356, 2001, pp. 889-897. LINK

M.K. Gonder, J.F. Oates, T.R. Disotell, M. Forstner, J.C. Morales and D.J. Melnick. A new west African chimpanzee subspecies? Nature, vol. 388, 24 July 1997, p.337. LINK

B.P. Wheatley, D.K.H. Putra and M.K. Gonder. A comparison of wild and food-enhanced long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Evolution and Ecology of Macaque Societies, eds. E. Fa and D. Lindberg, Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 182-206.

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