Polly Campbell

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CONTACT INFORMATION

    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    333 Biosciences West
    1041 E. Lowell
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, AZ 85721
    Tel: (520) 626-4747
    FAX: (520) 621-9190
    E-mail: pollyc@email.arizona.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Broadly, I am interested in the evolution of phenotypic diversity in natural populations, particularly in relation to social behavior and to the process of speciation. My dissertation research focused on evolutionary and ecological relationships among four congeneric species of fruit bats in Southeast Asia. In my first post doc I used a combination of experimental, empirical and comparative approaches to study molecular and neural mechanisms of sociality and communication in New World rodents.

    My current research is centered on speciation in house mice, with a focus on the genetic architecture and evolution of hybrid male sterility. I recently completed a study testing for a negative effect of the Y chromosome on hybrid spermatogenesis and am currently studying the causes and consequences of sex chromosome mis-expression in hybrid male germ cells. A long-term goal is to understand the contribution of population-level processes (e.g. selection, drift) to the process of speciation. To this end I plan to use a combination next generation expression phenotyping and classical QTL mapping to characterize the contribution of regulatory divergence to the origins of reproductive isolation in house mice, and to ask whether dysregulation of gene expression in hybrids is better explained by adaptive or neutral evolution within species.

PUBLICATIONS

    Murray, S.W., P. Campbell, T. Kingston, A. Zubaid, C.M. Francis, and T.H. Kunz. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of hipposiderid bats from Southeast Asia and evidence of cryptic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62: 597-611.

    Pasch, B., A.S. George, P. Campbell, and S.M. Phelps. 2011. Androgen-dependent male vocal performance influences female preference in Neotropical singing mice. Animal Behaviour 82: 177-183.

    Campbell, P., B. Pasch, J.L. Pino, O.L. Crino, M. Phillips, and S.M. Phelps. 2010. Geographic variation in the songs of Neotropical singing mice: testing the relative importance of drift and local adaptation. Evolution, 64: 1955-1972.

    S. M. Phelps, P. Campbell, D. Zheng, and A. G. Ophir. 2010. Beating the boojum: comparative approaches to the neurobiology of social behavior. Neuropharmacology, 58:17-28.

    Campbell, P., A. G. Ophir, and S. M. Phelps. 2009. Central vasopressin and oxytocin receptor distributions in two species of singing mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 516:321-333.

    Campbell, P., R. L. Reep, M. L. Stoll, A. G. Ophir, and S. M. Phelps. 2009. Conservation and diversity of Foxp2 expression in muroid rodents: Functional implications. Journal of Comparative Neurology , 512:84-100.

    Ophir, A. G. 1, P. Campbell 1, K. Hanna, and S. M. Phelps. 2008. Field tests of cis-regulatory variation at the prairie vole avpr1a locus: association with V1aR abundance but not sexual or social fidelity. Hormones and Behavior, 54:694-702. (1 denotes shared first authorship)

    Campbell, P. 2008. Determinants of variation in the mating systems of harem-forming bats: species and population-level perspectives from Cynopterus. Journal of Mammalogy, 89:1351-1360.

    Campbell, P., A. S. Putnam, C. Bonney, R. Bilgin, J. C. Morales, T. H. Kunz, and L. A. Ruedas. 2007. Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation between endemic and widespread species of fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44:474-482.

    Campbell, P., C. J. Schneider, A. Zubaid, A. M. Adnan, and T.H. Kunz. 2007. Morphological and ecological correlates of coexistence in Malaysian fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 88:105-118.

    Bardeleben, C., P. Campbell, M. Lara, and R. L. Moore. 2007. Isolation of polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for the silky short-tailed bat Carollia brevicauda. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7:63-65.

    Campbell, P. and T.H. Kunz. 2006. Cynopterus horsfieldii. Mammalian Species, 802:1-5.

    Campbell, P., A. Zubaid, A. M. Adnan, and T. H. Kunz. 2006. Resource distribution and social structure in two harem-forming species of old world fruit bats: variations on a polygynous theme. Animal Behaviour, 72:687-698.

    Campbell, P., N. M. Reid, A. Zubaid, A. M. Adnan, and T. H. Kunz. 2006. Comparative roosting ecology of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) fruit bats in peninsular Malaysia. Biotropica, 38:725-734.

    Campbell, P., C. J. Schneider, A. M. Adnan, A. Zubaid, and T. H. Kunz. 2006. Comparative population structure of Cynopterus fruit bats in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand. Molecular Ecology, 15:29-47.

    Campbell, P., C. J. Schneider, A. M. Adnan, A. Zubaid, and T.H. Kunz. 2004. Phylogeny and phylogeography of Old World fruit bats in the Cynopterus brachyotis complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33:764-781.

    Turner, T. F., M. V. McPhee, P. Campbell, and K. O. Winemiller. 2004. Phylogeography and intraspecific genetic variation of prochilodontid fishes endemic to rivers of northern South America. Journal of Fish biology, 64:186-201.

PRESENTATIONS

    B. Pasch, P. Campbell, and S. M. Phelps. Integrative biology of acoustic communication in Neotropical singing mice. Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals. Ithaca, NY, August 2011. (poster)

    Campbell, P., and M. W. Nachman. Reproductive isolation and mis-expression of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis in house mice. SSE/SSB/ASN, Norman, OK. June 2011. (talk)

    N. Bittner, L. Dermyer, P. Hsieh, P. Campbell, and M. W. Nachman. Molecular population genetics of Brca1 and Brca2, candidate genes for reproductive isolation in house mice. SSE/SSB/ASN, Norman, OK. June 2011. (poster)

    Campbell, P., P. K. Tucker, and M. W. Nachman. Is the Y chromosome an essential component of hybrid male sterility in house mice? Complex Trait Consortium, Chicago, IL. May 2010. (poster) Campbell, P. Vocal variation in singing mice: geography, genes and brains. University of Arizona, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ. April 2009. (invited seminar)

    Campbell, P., B. S. Pasch, and S. M. Phelps. Geographic variation in songs of singing mice (genus, Scotinomys): local adaptation or neutral divergence? SSE/SSB/ASN, Minneapolis, MN. June 2008. (talk)

    Campbell, P., and T. H. Kunz. Resource distribution and social structure in harem-forming Old World fruit bats: variations on a polygynous theme. International Bat Research Conference, Merida, Mexico. August 2007. (invited symposium speaker)

    Campbell, P., B. S. Pasch, and S. M. Phelps. Ontogeny of vocal behavior and call structure in singing mice, Scotinomys teguina and
    S. xerampelinus    . American Society of Mammalogists, Albuquerque, NM. June 2007. (poster)

    Campbell, P., G. J. Zhang, and S. M. Phelps. RNAi strategies for exotic species. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. October 2006. (poster)

    Campbell, P. Evolutionary and ecological relationships in an Old World fruit bat species complex. World Summit on Evolution, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador. June 2005. (poster; NSF-funded invited participant)

    Campbell, P., T. H. Kunz, and C. J. Schneider. Morphological and ecological correlates of coexistence in Malaysian fruit bats. American Society of Mammalogists, Springfield, MO. June 2005. (talk)

    Campbell, P., and T. H. Kunz. Ecomorphological divergence and ratios of coexistence in the Cynopterus brachyotis species complex. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, UT. October 2004. (talk)

    Campbell, P., C. J. Schneider, and T. H. Kunz. Comparative phylogeography of Cynopterus fruit bats on the Sunda shelf: rainforest refugia or open habitat opportunity?
    SSE/SSB/ASN, Fort Collins, CO. June 2004. (poster)
    American Society of Mammalogists, Arcata, CA. June 2004. (talk)

    Campbell, P., T. H. Kunz, C. J. Schneider, and A. Zubaid. The impact of ecological and latitudinal gradients on the phylogeographic structure of Cynopterus brachyotis in Southeast Asia: a preliminary analysis. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Victoria, Canada. October 2001. (poster)

HONORS/AWARDS

    G.G. Simpson Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009 - present

    NIH, NRSA postdoctoral fellowship, 2007 - 2009

    National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration grant, 2005

    Lubee Bat Conservancy Award for outstanding oral paper, North American Symposium on Bat Research, 2004

    National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration grant, 2002

    American Society of Mammalogists, grants-in-aid of research, 2001, 2002

    American Society of Mammalogists, B. Elizabeth Horner Award, 2002

    Sigma Xi, grants-in-aid of research, 2001, 2002

    Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, 2001

    Undergraduate Conference Award (University of New Mexico), 1998, 1999

EDUCATION

    Boston University, Boston, MA.
    Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution, 2006

    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
    B.S. Biology, 2000