Dr Anna Gosling

2026

Journal - Research Article

Matisoo-Smith, E., Whitelaw, B. L., Collins, C. J., & Gosling, A. L. (2026). Minding the gaps: 15 more years of rethinking Polynesian origins. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 16(2), 3. doi: 10.70460/jpa.v16i2.396

Dickerson, R. R., Takei, R., Cadzow, M., Schurr, T. G., Wilcox, P. L., Dalbeth, N., Stamp, L. K., … Merriman, T. R., & Gosling, A. L. (2026). Mitonuclear discordance and gout, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease in Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous Māori and Pacific people. Annals of Human Genetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ahg.70033

2025

Journal - Research Article

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Gosling, A. L. (2025). Understanding the human settlement of the Pacific: Are we there yet? Journal of Archaeological Science, 180, 106307. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106307

Paulino, T. V. C., Biiri, B., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Gosling, A. L. (2025). A scoping review on cardiometabolic risk factors among Pacific Island populations and implications on future research in the region. American Journal of Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf135

Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Paulino, T. V. C., Lee, D. J., Natividad, L. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., Merriman, T. R., & Gosling, A. L. (2025). Conducting genetic epidemiology research on hyperuricaemia and gout in an indigenous community in Guam: A feasibility study. BMC Public Health, 25, 484. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21643-5

2024

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dickerson, R. R., Takei, R., Cadzow, M., Schurr, T. G., Castel, S., Emde, A.-K., … Gosling, A. L., & Merriman, T. R. (2024). Mitonuclear discordance and metabolic function in admixed Polynesian populations. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 183(S77), (pp. 42). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24928

2023

Chapter in Book - Research

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Gosling, A. L. (2023). What does DNA tell us about past connections and the settlement of Sahul? In I. J. McNiven & B. David (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. (pp. 301-326). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.11

Journal - Research Article

Gosling, A. L., Lord, E., Boocock, J., Cameron-Christie, S., Horsburgh, K. A., Kardailsky, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2023). A population history of Tokelau: Genetic variation and change in atoll populations. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, 18(1), 100-117. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2021.1901805

Journal - Research Other

Zalloua, P., Elias, N., Senovska, A., Collins, C., Gosling, A., Karam, S., … Matisoo-Smith, E. (2023). Ancient DNA investigation of the 17 Maronite patriarchs of Qanubin. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 60, 108-113. doi: 10.1016/j.culher.2022.12.006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulino, T., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. (2023). Contextualizing the Pacific: Identifying cardiometabolic disease risk factors among Micronesians in Guam. In R. Richards, I. Walter, A. Finigan, T. Ruhe, L. Avia, M. Schaaf & E. Fehoko (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XX. (pp. 33). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16433

Dickerson, R. R., Takei, R., Cadzow, M., Castel, S., Emde, A.-K., Wasik, K., … Gosling, A. L., & Merriman, T. R. (2023). Mitonuclear discordance and metabolic function in admixed Polynesian populations. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 180(S75), (pp. 46). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24731

2022

Journal - Research Article

Horsburgh, K. A., Beckett, D. B., & Gosling, A. L. (2022). Maternal relationships among ancient and modern southern African sheep: Newly discovered mitochondrial haplogroups. Biology, 11, 428. doi: 10.3390/biology11030428

Liu, C.-C., Witonsky, D., Gosling, A., Lee, J. H., Ringbauer, H., Hagan, R., … Jeong, C. (2022). Ancient genomes from the Himalayas illuminate the genetic history of Tibetans and their Tibeto-Burman speaking neighbors. Nature Communications, 13, 1203. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28827-2

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dickerson, R. R., Shaukat, A., Bixley, M., Cadzow, M., Major, T., Phipps-Green, A., Topless, R., … Stamp, L., … Gosling, A., & Merriman, T. (2022). Mitochondrial disfunction: Key to rates of gout in Polynesia? American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(S23), (pp. 47). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24514

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

de Jonge, W., Van Hout, I., Leleai, M., Gosling, A., Parry, D., Coffey, S., Jones, P. P., Schwenke, D. O., Matisoo-Smith, L., Coppell, K., & Lamberts, R. R. (2022, August-September). Representation of Māori and Pacific Island patients in cardiac research requiring tissue collection in the Southern District Health Board region in Aotearoa. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Chan, A. H. C., Gosling, A., Miller, B., Hedges, C., Kim, S. J., Yen, K., … Merriman, T., … Merry, T. (2022, August). Identifying novel mitochondrial derived peptides from utilising natural variations in mtDNA. Verbal presentation at the Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Gosling, A. L., Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Paulino, T., Chennaux, J. S. N., Mori, E., Cadzow, M., Merriman, T. R., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2022, August). Insights into metabolic disease in CHamoru in Guam, Western Micronesia. Verbal presentation at the Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. L. (2022, August-September). Community engaged and community driven research: An example from PNG. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Collins, C., Gosling, A., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2022, August-September). Kiore and their contribution to understanding the movement of people across the Pacific. Verbal presentation at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

García, A., Nores, R., Motti, J. M. B., Pauro, M., Luisi, P., Bravi, C. M., … Gosling, A. L., Kardailsky, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., … Demarchi, D. A. (2021). Ancient and modern mitogenomes from Central Argentina: New insights into population continuity, temporal depth and migration in South America. Human Molecular Genetics, 30(13), 1200-1217. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab105

Journal - Research Other

Dalbeth, N., Gosling, A. L., Gaffo, A., & Abhishek, A. (2021). Gout [Seminar]. Lancet, 397, 1843-1855. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00569-9

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paulino, Y. C., Camacho, F., Merriman, T., Matisoo-Smith, L., Paulino, T., Chennaux, J. S. N., … Gosling, A. L. (2021). Metabolic conditions have high prevalence in CHamoru men in a hyperuricemia feasibility study in Guam. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Suppl. 1), (pp. i186). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.527

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gosling, A., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Merriman, T. (2021, February). The evolution of Pacific genomes and the implications for the health of Pacific peoples: Genomic considerations. Verbal presentation at the Quantitative Genetics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Matisoo-Smith, L., Merriman, T., & Gosling, A. (2021, February). The evolution of Pacific genomes and the implications for the health of Pacific peoples: An anthropological perspective. Verbal presentation at the Quantitative Genetics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2020

Journal - Research Article

Horsburgh, K. A., & Gosling, A. L. (2020). Systematic ancient DNA species identification fails to find late Holocene domesticated cattle in Southern Africa. Biology, 9(10), 316. doi: 10.3390/biology9100316

Boocock, J., Leask, M., Okada, Y., Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN) Consortium, Matsuo, H., Shi, Y., … Cadzow, M., Gosling, A. L., Major, T. J., Horsfield, J. A., … Merriman, T. R. (2020). Genomic dissection of 43 serum urate-associated loci provides multiple insights into molecular mechanisms of urate control. Human Molecular Genetics, 29(6), 923-943. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa013

2019

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Zalloua, P., Matisoo-Smith, L., Guirguis, M., Gosling, A., & Nigro, L. (2019). Phoenician settlements: A story of integration and cultural assimilation. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 84th Annual Meeting. (pp. 988-989). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Matisoo-Smith, L., Gosling, A., & Burley, D. (2019). A tale of Tongan chickens. Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 84th Annual Meeting. (pp. 529). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

2018

Journal - Research Article

Zalloua, P., Collins, C. J., Gosling, A., Biagini, S. A., Costa, B., Kardailsky, O., … Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza. Scientific Reports, 8, 17567. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35667-y

Greig, K., Gosling, A., Collins, C. J., Boocock, J., McDonald, K., Addison, D. J., … Higham, C. F. W., … Walter, R., & Matisoo-Smith, E. (2018). Complex history of dog (Canis familiaris) origins and translocations in the Pacific revealed by ancient mitogenomes. Scientific Reports, 8, 9130. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27363-8

Matisoo-Smith, E., & Gosling, A. L. (2018). Walking backwards into the future: The need for a holistic evolutionary approach in Pacific health research. Annals of Human Biology, 45(3), 175-187. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2018.1448889

Gosling, A. L., Boocock, J., Dalbeth, N., Harré Hindmarsh, J., Stamp, L. K., Stahl, E. A., … Matisoo-Smith, E. A., & Merriman, T. R. (2018). Mitochondrial genetic variation and gout in Māori and Pacific people living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(4), 571-578. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212416

Matisoo-Smith, E., Gosling, A. L., Platt, D., Kardailsky, O., Prost, S., Cameron-Christie, S., Collins, C. J., … Zalloua, P. (2018). Ancient mitogenomes of Phoenicians from Sardinia and Lebanon: A story of settlement, integration, and female mobility. PLoS ONE, 13(1), e0190169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190169

Journal - Research Other

Gosling, A. L., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2018). The evolutionary history and human settlement of Australia and the Pacific. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 53, 53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2018.06.015

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Shaukat, A., Gosling, A., Bixley, M., Phipps-Green, A., Major, T. J., Cadzow, M., … Stamp, L. K., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Merriman, T. R. (2018). Evaluating a causal role of mitochondrial variation in the development of gout. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 70(9, Suppl.), 1278. doi: 10.1002/art.40700

Merriman, T. R., Shaukat, A., Gosling, A., Bixley, M., Dalbeth, N., Stamp, L., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Riches, P. (2018). Testing for a causal role of mitochondrial variation in the development of gout. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(Suppl. 2), (pp. 666). doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-eular.5017

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Shaukat, A., Gosling, A., Bixley, M., Phipps-Green, A., Major, T., Cadzow, M., … Stamp, L., Matisoo-Smith, E., … Merriman, T. (2018, September). Evaluating a causal role of mitochondrial variation in the development of gout. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Symposium on Infectious Disease, Wellington, New Zealand.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Clark, A. L., King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Collins, C. J., Dhavale, N., Elliott, G. E., Gosling, A., Halcrow, S. E., … Matisoo-Smith, E., … Tromp, M., Ward, S., & West, K. (2017). Biological anthropology in the indo-pacific region: New approaches to age-old questions. Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology, 41, 78-94.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Matisoo-Smith, L., Greig, K., West, K., & Gosling, A. (2017). The commensal animals in the Pacific: What might DNA results suggest about the animal-human relationships through time? Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 82nd Annual Meeting. (pp. 368). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved from http://www.saa.org

Merriman, T., Boocock, J., Dalbeth, N., Stamp, L., Stahl, E., Choi, H., Matisoo-Smith, L., & Gosling, A. (2017). Mitochondrial genetic variation, copy number and susceptibility to gout in the New Zealand Polynesian (Māori and Pacific) population. Internal Medicine Journal, 47(Suppl. 2), (pp. 8). doi: 10.1111/imj.13426

2016

Journal - Research Article

Horsburgh, K. A., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., & Gosling, A. L. (2016). Revisiting the Kalahari debate in the highlands: Ancient DNA provides new faunal identifications at Sehonghong, Lesotho. Azania, 51(3), 295-306. doi: 10.1080/0067270X.2016.1169041

Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Gosling, A. L., Boocock, J., Kardallsky, O., Kurumilian, Y., Roudesli-Chebbi, S., … Zalloua, P. A. (2016). A European mitochondrial haplotype identified in ancient Phoenician remains from Carthage, North Africa. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155046. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155046

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Gosling, A. L. (2016). Pacific people, metabolic disease and evolutionary processes: A mitochondrial DNA study (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6340

2015

Journal - Research Article

Gosling, A. L., Buckley, H. R., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Merriman, T. R. (2015). Pacific populations, metabolic disease and 'just-so stories': A critique of the 'Thrifty Genotype' hypothesis in Oceania. Annals of Human Genetics, 79(6), 470-480. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12132

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gosling, A., Merriman, T., & Matisoo-Smith, L. (2015). Colonisation, selection or drift? Evolutionary explanations for high metabolic disease burden among Lapita-descendent populations. Proceedings of the 8th International Lapita Conference. (pp. 26). Retrieved from http://archanth.anu.edu.au/cbap/lapita8conference

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Gosling, A., & Collins, C. (2015, August-September). Ancient DNA analysis in the Pacific: Implications for human settlement history. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Gosling, A. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Merriman, T. R. (2014). Hyperuricaemia in the Pacific: Why the elevated serum urate levels? Rheumatology International, 34(6), 743-757. doi: 10.1007/s00296-013-2922-x

Journal - Research Other

Gosling, A. L., Matisoo-Smith, E., & Merriman, T. R. (2014). Gout in Māori: Modern affliction or ancestral trait? Rheumatology, 53(5), 773-774. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket299

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gosling, A. (2014). Gout and hyperurimicaemia in the Pacific: Evolutionary explanations for elevated serum urate among Pacific Islanders. In C. Matthewson, M. Taumoepeau & I. Iati (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XI. (pp. 19). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gosling, A. (2014, November). Gout and hyperuricaemia in the Pacific: Evolutionary explanations for elevated serum urate among Pacific Islanders. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago Annual Symposium & Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2013

Journal - Research Article

Horsburgh, K. A., Prost, S., Gosling, A., Stanton, J.-A., Rand, C., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2013). The genetic diversity of the Nguni breed of African Cattle (Bos spp.): Complete mitochondrial genomes of haplogroup T1. PLoS ONE, 8(8), e71956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071956

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Gosling, A. L. (2013). Hyperuricaemia in the Pacific: An investigation into reasons for elevated serum uric acid levels among Polynesians. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 10). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/index.html

Horsburgh, K. A., Gosling, A., & Prost, S. (2013). The evolution of Africa's domestic cattle: Evidence from complete mitochondrial genomes of modern and archaeological specimens. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150(Suppl. 56), (pp. 152). doi: 10.1002/ajpa.22247

2012

Awarded Masters Degree

Gosling, A. L. (2012). Past, present and future: Investigations into the history and possible causes of genetic predisposition to metabolic disorders in Pacific populations (MSc). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2408