Publications

• • 2025 Penna, A., Clark, L. T., Salis, A. T., Macey, S. K., Blair, M. E. Applications of museum collections and genomics to biodiversity conservation. Lessons in Conservation, 14(1): 107–147. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.7 PDF

  • 2025 Penna, A., Wallace, M., Clark, L. T., Krupa, L. S., Macey, S. K., Pozzi, L., Blair, M. E. Designing a conservation genomics project incorporating DNA from museum specimens. Lessons in Conservation, 14(1): 160–176. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.9 PDF

  • 2025 Clark, L. T., Salis, A. T., Penna, A., Wallace, M., Krupa, L. S., Blair, M. E. The application of conservation museomics approaches to the protection of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus). Lessons in Conservation, 14(1): 148–159. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.8 PDF

  • 2024 Penna, A., E. Blair, M., Lui, H.L., Peters, Kistler, L., Pozzi, L. Unlocking the potential of natural history collections to support galago evolutionary research and conservation. International Journal of Primatology 45, 1375–1403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00429-3 PDF

  • 2024 Penna, A. and Pozzi, L. Hidden in the dark: A review of galagid systematics and phylogenetics. International Journal of Primatology 45, 1375–1403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00429-3 PDF

  • 2024 Samartino, S., Christie, D. , Penna, A., Ting, N., Wikberg, E. Social network dynamics and gut microbiota composition during alpha male challenges in Colobus vellerosus. Primates 65, 299–309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-024-01132-w PDF

  • 2023 Machado, F. A., Mongle, C. S., Slater, G., Penna, A., Wisniewski, A, Sofin, A, Dutra, V, and Uyeda, J. C.  Developmental rules of primate dental evolution align microevolution with macroevolution. Nature Ecology and Evolution 7, 1729–1739. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02167-w  PDF

  • 2022 Penna, A., Dillon, R.*, Bearder, S.K., Karlsson, J., Perkin, A., and Pozzi, L. Phylogeography and lineage boundaries in the small-eared greater galago, Otolemur garnettii (Primates; Galagidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (1), 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac079  PDF *Editor's choice paper.

  • 2022 Pozzi, L. and Penna, A. Rocks And Clocks Revised. New Promises And Challenges In Dating The Primate Tree Of Life. Evolutionary Anthropology 21940 https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21940 PDF

  • 2022 Penna, A., Herrera, Pozzi, L. Evolutionary deja-vus: Why did size reduction evolve multiple times within primates?. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 177:S73, 142-143 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26927691/2022/177/S73 PDF

  • 2020 Pozzi, L. Penna, A., Bearder, S.K., Karlsson, J., Perkin, A., and Disotell, T. Cryptic diversity and species boundaries within the Paragalago zanzibaricus species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 150, 106887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106887 PDF

  • 2019 Penna, A., Pozzi, L. The Evolution of Body Size in Strepsirrhine Primates. Am. J. of Phys. Anth. 168:188 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23802 PDF

  • 2018 Prates, I. Penna, A., Rodrigues, M.T., Carnaval, A. Local adaptation in mainland anole lizards: Integrating population history and genome-environment associations. Ecology and Evolution, 8(23), 11932-11944.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4650 PDF

  • 2017 Penna, A., Melo, D., Bernardi, S., Oyarzabal, M. I., & Marroig, G. The evolution of phenotypic integration: How directional selection reshapes covariation in mice. Evolution, 71(10), 2370-2380. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13304 PDF * Top-10 most downloaded paper of 2017-2018. 

  • 2016 Penna, A. and Marroig, G. Lemuriformes (Primates: Strepsirrhini) cranial morphological evolution. University of Sao Paulo, USP Thesis and Dissertations Digital Library. doi:10.11606/D.41.2016.tde-02122016-094047 PDF

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• Hawkins, M.T.R, Coombs, E., Flores, M.F.C., Penna, A., Sczefek, T., Brown, A., Sharkey, E., Tinsman, J., Rasambainarivo, E., Veatch, E., G., Plaxton, L., Brace, S, Barnes, I., Portelo-Miguez, R., Louis Jr., E.E. Total evidence approach reveals undescribed species of the Critically Endangered Diademed Sifaka. Under Review at Scientific Reports.