Lorena Madrigal
Lorena Madrigal
Professor
Contact
Office: SOC 143
Phone: 813/974-2138
Email:
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Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Kansas
M.A., Anthropology, University of Cincinnati
B.S., Anthropology, University of Utah
Professional Experience
President of the AAPA. 2011-2013.
Teaching
Biological Anthropology, Human Variation, Human Evolution, Human Biology of Caribbean Groups, Seminar in Physical Anthropology, Anthropological Genetics, Quantitative Methods, Advanced Quantitative Methods
Research
Biological anthropology, human demography, population genetics, human biology; Costa Rica
Graduate Students
Juan Arroyo, Nicole Falk Smith, Carroll Flansburg, David Godfrey, Lauren Gottfredson, Anna Rivara
Specialty Area
Dr. Madrigal is interested in human microevolution, and has used demographic and population genetics approaches towards understanding it. Most of her work has taken place in Costa Rica. In collaboration with her colleagues from the Universidad de Costa Rica, Dr. Madrigal has collected data on living subjects and traced their maternal genealogies, in many cases for several centuries. With this data set, Madrigal and colleagues have presented a strong challenge to the grandmother hypothesis, which seeks to explain the evolution of post-menopausal longevity in humans. Madrigal et al. have also done work with populations of African and East Indian descent in Costa Rica. The broad interest of this project has been to trace the evolution of these communities, whether by gene flow, genetic drift, etc. In addition, Madrigal and collaborators are studying the cardiovascular health of these two communities, within the context of the economic development of their region.
Current Courses
| Ref | Course | Sec | Course Title | CR | Day | Time | Location |
| 58580 | ANG 6971 | 011 | Thesis: Master's
| 2-19 |
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| TBA 100 |
Recent Journal Articles
Madrigal L., Loredana Castrì (Posthumously) , Mauricio Melendez-Obando, Ramon Villegas-Palma, Ramiro Barrantes, Henrieta Raventos, Reynaldo Pereira, Donata Luiselli, Davide Pettener, Guido Barbujani. 2012. High mitochondrial mutation rates estimated from deep-rooting Costa Rican pedigrees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148 (3): 327–333. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22052
Lorena Madrigal, Jeffrey Brady, Michelle Raxter, Ernesto Ruiz, Flory Otarola and Mwenza Blell. 2011. Obesity, hypertension and migration: A meta analysis of populations of the South Asian diaspora. Human Biology. Volume 83(1): 71-86.
Castri, L; Madrigal, L; Melendez-Obando, M, et al. 2011. Mitochondrial Polymorphisms Associated with Differential Longevity Do Not Impact Lifetime-Reproductive Success . American Journal of Physical Anthropology;23(2):225-227.
Lorena Madrigal, Jeffrey Brady, Michelle Raxter, Ernesto Ruiz, Flory Otarola and Mwenza Blell. 2011. Obesity, hypertension and migration: A meta analysis of populations of the South Asian diaspora. Human Biology. Volume 83(1): 71-86.
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Loredana Castri, Mauricio Melendez-Obando, Ramon Villegas-Palma, Ramiro Barrantes, Jetty Raventos, Reynaldo Pereira, Donata Luiselli, Davide Pettener , Lorena Madrigal. 2009. Mitochondrial polymorphisms are associated both with increased and decreased longevity. Human Heredity. 67 (3): 147-153. download PDF
Madrigal, L. and Melendez-Obando, M. Grandmothers' longevity negatively affects daughters' fertility. 2008. In press, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 136:233-229 download PDF
Madrigal L and Kelly W. 2007a. Human skin color sexual dimorphism: A test of the sexual selection hypothesis. Reply. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133 (1): 780-781 MAY 2007 download PDF
Loredana Castrì , Flory Otárola, Mwenza Blell, Ramiro Barrantes, Donata Luiselli, Davide Pettener, Ernesto Ruiz and Lorena Madrigal. 2007b. Indentured migration and differential gender gene flow: the origin and evolution of the East-Indian community of Limón, Costa Rica. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 109 (2): 330-337 JUN 2007download PDF
Madrigal L, Ware B, Hagen E, Blell M , and Otárola F. June, 2007c. The East-Indian diaspora in Costa Rica: Inbreeding avoidance, marriage patterns and cultural survival. American Anthropologist. 109 (2): 330-337.download PDF
Madrigal L and Kelly W. 2007d. Human skin color sexual dimorphism: A test of the sexual selection hypothesis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 132:470-482.download PDF
Madrigal L and T. Koertvelyessy. 2003a. Epidemic cycles in agricultural populations: A cross-cultural study. Human Biology. 75(3):345-354.download PDF
Madrigal L, B. Ware and M. Melendez. 2003b. Widow and widower remarriage in a rural 19th Century Costa Rican population: a cross-cultural discussion. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 122(4):355-360.download PDF
Madrigal L, J. Relethford, and Michael H. Crawford. 2003c. Heritability and anthropometric influences on human fertility: A path analysis. American Journal of Human Biology. 15:16-22.download PDF
Madrigal L, B. Ware, R. Miller, G. Saenz, M. Chavez and D. Dykes. 2001a. Ethnicity, gene flow and population subdivision in Limón, Costa Rica. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 114:99-108download PDF
Madrigal L, G. Saenz, M. Chavez, and D. Dykes. 2001b. The frequency of twinning in two Costa Rican ethnic groups: An update. American Journal of Human Biology. 13:220-226.download PDF
Books
Madrigal L. Human Biology of Afro-Caribbean populations. 2006. Cambridge University Press.
Madrigal, L. Statistics for anthropology. Second edition. Cambridge University Press. Expected publication date: 2011.
Madrigal L. 1998. Statistics for anthropology. Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapters
Madrigal L and J. Willoughby. 2010. Ongoing Evolution in Humans. In: A Companion to Biological Anthropology. Clark Spencer Larsen (Editor). Wiley-Blackwell: 222-242.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405189002.html
Madrigal L , Mwenza Blell, Ernesto Ruiz, Flory Otarola. 2009. The Slavery Hypothesis: An Evaluation of a Genetic-Deterministic Explanation for Hypertension Prevalence Rate (HPR) Inequalities. In: Health, Risk, And Adversity: A Contextual View From Biological Anthropology. Edited by A. Fuentes and C. Panter-Brick. Berghahn Books. London: 236-255.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=Panter-BrickHealth
Madrigal L and Barbujani G. 2007. Partitioning of genetic variation in human populations and the concept of race. In: Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods And Applications. Edited by M.H. Crawford. Cambridge University Press: 17-37. ht
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521546973
Madrigal L. 2003. The use of archives in the study of microevolution: The case of Escazú, Costa Rica. In: Human Biologists in the archives. Edited by A. Herring and A. Swedlund. Cambridge University Press: 11-31.
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521801041