Dr Anna Murrell
Associate Lecturer, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), PhD, GradDipEd
Contact
| Email: | amurrel2@une.edu.au |
| Room: | McClymont Building (W34) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2942 (or +61 2 6773 2942 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3267 |
Anna completed her initial studies in Brisbane. She obtained her PhD from The University of Queensland, studying the molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships of ticks. Anna worked as a post-doctoral fellow at The University of Queensland, from 2001 to 2004, studying evolutionary relationships in lice, using molecular markers. In 2004 she began working at CSIRO Livestock Industries, at Chiswick, genotyping sheep for the investigaton of QTL for parasite resistance and fine wool. Anna began working at the University of New England in 2010.
Areas of Teaching
Anna currently teaches human biology to Nursing, Science and Medicine students.
Research interests
Anna's research interests are in the fields of parasitology, phylogenetics, molecular biology and molecular evolution.
Selected publications
Dominik S., Hunt P.W., McNally J., Murrell A., Hall A. and Purvis I.W., Detection of quantitative trait loci for parasite resistance using a population of Romney x Merinobackcross sheep, Parasitology, In Press.
Barker S.C. and Murrell A., Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and speciesnames. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1 (pp 1-39) of “Ticks: biology, disease and control” edited by P. Nuttall & A.S. Bowman, 2008.
Murrell A. and Barker S.C., Multiple origins of parasitism in lice: phylogenetic analysis of SSU rDNA indicates that the Phthiraptera and Psocoptera are not monophyletic. Parasitology Research 97(4): 274-80. 2005.
Murrell A., Dobson S.J., Walter D.E., Campbell N.J.H. and Barker S.C., (Relationships among the three major lineages of the Acari (Arthropoda : Arachnida) inferred from small subunit rRNA: paraphyly of the Parasitiformes with respect to the Opilioacariformes and relative rates of nucleotide substitution. Invertebrate Systematics, 19, (5): 383-389, 2005.
Barker S.C. and Murrell A., Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid species and genus names. Parasitology 129 Suppl:S15-36, 2004.
Murrell A. and Barker S.C., Synonymy of Boophilus Curtice, 1891 and Rhipicephalus Koch, 1844; Boophilus is a derived group within Rhipicephalus. Systematic Parasitology 56: 169-172, 2003.
Shao R., Dowton M., Murrell A. and Barker S.C., The rate of gene rearrangement and nucleotide subsitution are positively correlated in the mitochondrial genomes of insects. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 1612-1619, 2003.
Murrell A., Campbell N.J.H. and Barker S.C., The value of idiosyncratic markers and changes to conserved tRNA sequences from the mitochondrial genome of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) for phylogenetic inference. Systematic Biology 52: 296-310, 2003.
Barker S.C., Whiting M., Johnson, K.P. and Murrell A., Phylogeny of the lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) inferred from small subunit rRNA. Zoologica Scripta 32: 407-414, 2003.
Murrell A., Dobson S.J., Yang X., Lacey E. and Barker S.C., A survey of bacterial diversity in ticks, lice and fleas from Australia. Parasitology Research. 89: 326-334, 2003.