Anne Daphne Yoder
Braxton Craven Professor of Evolutionary Biology
My work integrates field inventory activities with molecular phylogenetic techniques and geospatial analysis to investigate Madagascar, an area of the world that is biologically complex, poorly understood, and urgently threatened. Madagascar has been designated as one of the most critical geographic priorities for conservation action, retaining less than 10% of the natural habitats that existed before human colonization. It is critical that information be obtained as quickly as possible to document the biota that occurs in the remaining and highly threatened forested areas of western Madagascar, to gain an understanding of the evolutionary processes and associated distributional patterns that have shaped this diversity, and to use this information to help set conservation priorities. Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Malagasy vertebrates, each with unique life-history and dispersal characteristics, are conducted to identify areas of high endemism potentially associated with underlying geological features, and also to test for the role that geographic features have played in generating patterns of vertebrate diversity and distribution. My lab also has a significant focus on capacity-building through the education and training of both American and Malagasy students. Research opportunities for American graduate students are enhanced by the formation of Malagasy/American partnerships.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Braxton Craven Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017
- Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005
- Director of the Duke Lemur Center, Duke University 2016
- Director of the Duke Lemur Center, Duke University 2016
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Center for Population Health & Aging, Center for Population Health & Aging, Duke Population Research Institute 2011
- Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2011
- Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017
Contact Information
- 128 Biol Sciences Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
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anne.yoder@duke.edu
(919) 660-7275
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Yoder Lab website
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 1992
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1981
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Duke Appointment History
- Director of the Primate Center, Duke University 2006 - 2011
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Awards & Honors
- Collaborative Research: Testing the role of historical geology and rivers for shaping the distribution of land vertebrate biodiversity in western Madagascar. National Science Foundation - Environmental Biology. December 2009
- Continued Support of the Duke University Primate Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History.. National Science Foundation – Division of Biological Infrastructure:. December 2009
- Lemur disease ecology: Linkinghealth, ecosystem viability and conservation in Madagascar (with Meredith Barrett). National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship. December 2009
- REU Supplement for Collaborative Research: Testing the Role of Historical Geology and Rivers for Shaping the Distribution of Land Vertebrate Biodiversity in Western Madagascar. National Science Foundation – Environmental Biology. December 2009
- Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Integrating species distribution models, Geographic Information Systems and coalescent phylogenetic methods into phylogeography studies. (with Jason Br. National Science Foundation-Division of Biological Infrastructure. 2009
- Expanding Research Facilities at the Duke Lemur Center - RFA-RR-09-008 Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Facilities Improvement Program. (co- PI with Peter Lange). National Institutes of Health. 2009
- U.S.-Mauritius Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project: Baker's Rule and Mating System Evolution in Madagascan CoffeaRubiaceae). (with Mike Nowak). National Science Foundation – International Programs. January 2009
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Biodiversity
- Biological Evolution
- Cheirogaleidae
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Demography
- Endangered Species
- Environment
- Evolution, Molecular
- Extinction, Biological
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Genomics
- Hibernation
- Lemuridae
- Lemurs
- Madagascar
- Mammals
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Theoretical
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Speciation
- Vomeronasal Organ
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Behavioral and Physiology in Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
- CSBR: Continued Support of the Duke Lemur Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2020
- Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 1979 - 2020
- CSBR: Ownership Transfer: Miocene Colombian Vertebrates and Conservation of the Duke Lemur Center Fossil Collections awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2018
- CSBR Living Stocks: Continued Support of the Duke Lemur Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2018
- Conference: 50 Years of Interdisciplinary Research at the Duke Lemur Center: the power of biological infrastructure to advance knowledge awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Collaborative Research: Species tree reconstruction using neutral and non-neutral phylogenomic data awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2017
- DLC SAVA Conservation: protecting forest corridors awarded by Conservation, Food & Health Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Gene Expression and Physiologic Extremes in Primate Hibernation awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2017
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Gut Instincts: Microbial Community Assembly After Birth and Disease in Captive Lemur Spe awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2017
- Continued support of the Duke Lemur Center awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2016
- Duke Lemur Center Video Project awarded by Duke Endowment 2015 - 2016
- Developing statistical expertise for estimating the temporal origins of Primates awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2014
- Continued Support of the Duke University Primate Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2011
- Baker's Rule and Mating System Evolution in Madagascan Coffea (Rubiaceae) awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2010
- Collaborative Research: Testing the Role of Historical Geology and Rivers for Shaping the Distribution of awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2010
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
- Campbell, CR, Poelstra, JW, and Yoder, AD. "What is Speciation Genomics? The roles of ecology, gene flow, and genomic architecture in the formation of species." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124, no. 4 (July 24, 2018): 561-583. Full Text
- Blanco, MB, Dausmann, KH, Faherty, SL, and Yoder, AD. "Tropical heterothermy is "cool": The expression of daily torpor and hibernation in primates." Evolutionary Anthropology 27, no. 4 (July 17, 2018): 147-161. (Review) Full Text
- McKenney, EA, Maslanka, M, Rodrigo, A, and Yoder, AD. "Bamboo Specialists from Two Mammalian Orders (Primates, Carnivora) Share a High Number of Low-Abundance Gut Microbes." Microbial Ecology 76, no. 1 (July 2018): 272-284. Full Text
- Reis, MD, Gunnell, GF, Barba-Montoya, J, Wilkins, A, Yang, Z, and Yoder, AD. "Using Phylogenomic Data to Explore the Effects of Relaxed Clocks and Calibration Strategies on Divergence Time Estimation: Primates as a Test Case." Systematic Biology 67, no. 4 (July 2018): 594-615. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Poelstra, JW, Tiley, GP, and Williams, RC. "Neutral Theory Is the Foundation of Conservation Genetics." Molecular Biology and Evolution 35, no. 6 (June 2018): 1322-1326. Full Text
- McKenney, EA, Koelle, K, Dunn, RR, and Yoder, AD. "The ecosystem services of animal microbiomes." Molecular Ecology 27, no. 8 (April 2018): 2164-2172. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Hunnicutt, KE, Larsen, RJ, Yoder, AD, and Saunders, AM. "Warning SINEs: Alu elements, evolution of the human brain, and the spectrum of neurological disease." Chromosome Research : an International Journal on the Molecular, Supramolecular and Evolutionary Aspects of Chromosome Biology 26, no. 1-2 (March 2018): 93-111. (Review) Full Text
- Faherty, SL, Villanueva-Cañas, JL, Blanco, MB, Albà, MM, and Yoder, AD. "Transcriptomics in the wild: Hibernation physiology in free-ranging dwarf lemurs." Molecular Ecology 27, no. 3 (February 2018): 709-722. Full Text
- McKenney, EA, O'Connell, TM, Rodrigo, A, and Yoder, AD. "Feeding strategy shapes gut metagenomic enrichment and functional specialization in captive lemurs." Gut Microbes 9, no. 3 (January 2018): 202-217. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Harris, RA, Liu, Y, Murali, SC, Campbell, CR, Brown, AD, Sullivan, BA, Shelton, J, Brown, SJ, Raveendran, M, Dudchenko, O, Machol, I, Durand, NC, Shamim, MS, Aiden, EL, Muzny, DM, Gibbs, RA, Yoder, AD, Rogers, J, and Worley, KC. "Hybrid de novo genome assembly and centromere characterization of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)." Bmc Biology 15, no. 1 (November 16, 2017): 110-null. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Lutz, MW, Hunnicutt, KE, Mihovilovic, M, Saunders, AM, Yoder, AD, and Roses, AD. "The Alu neurodegeneration hypothesis: A primate-specific mechanism for neuronal transcription noise, mitochondrial dysfunction, and manifestation of neurodegenerative disease." Alzheimer'S & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer'S Association 13, no. 7 (July 2017): 828-838. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Faherty, SL, Campbell, CR, Hilbig, SA, and Yoder, AD. "The effect of body mass and diet composition on torpor patterns in a Malagasy primate (Microcebus murinus)." Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology 187, no. 4 (May 2017): 677-688. Full Text
- McCluskey, K, Boundy-Mills, K, Dye, G, Ehmke, E, Gunnell, GF, Kiaris, H, Polihronakis Richmond, M, Yoder, AD, Zeigler, DR, Zehr, S, and Grotewold, E. "The challenges faced by living stock collections in the USA." eLife 6 (March 7, 2017). Full Text
- Nunziata, SO, Wallenhorst, P, Barrett, MA, Junge, RE, Yoder, AD, and Weisrock, DW. "Population and Conservation Genetics in an Endangered Lemur, Indri indri, Across Three Forest Reserves in Madagascar." International Journal of Primatology 37, no. 6 (December 1, 2016): 688-702. Full Text
- Faherty, SL, Villanueva-Cañas, JL, Klopfer, PH, Albà, MM, and Yoder, AD. "Gene Expression Profiling in the Hibernating Primate, Cheirogaleus Medius." Genome Biology and Evolution 8, no. 8 (August 25, 2016): 2413-2426. Full Text
- Blanco, MB, Dausmann, KH, Faherty, SL, Klopfer, P, Krystal, AD, Schopler, R, and Yoder, AD. "Hibernation in a primate: does sleep occur?." Royal Society Open Science 3, no. 8 (August 10, 2016): 160282-null. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Campbell, CR, Blanco, MB, Dos Reis, M, Ganzhorn, JU, Goodman, SM, Hunnicutt, KE, Larsen, PA, Kappeler, PM, Rasoloarison, RM, Ralison, JM, Swofford, DL, and Weisrock, DW. "Geogenetic patterns in mouse lemurs (genus Microcebus) reveal the ghosts of Madagascar's forests past." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113, no. 29 (July 18, 2016): 8049-8056. Full Text
- Federman, S, Dornburg, A, Daly, DC, Downie, A, Perry, GH, Yoder, AD, Sargis, EJ, Richard, AF, Donoghue, MJ, and Baden, AL. "Implications of lemuriform extinctions for the Malagasy flora." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113, no. 18 (May 2016): 5041-5046. Full Text
- Hotaling, S, Foley, ME, Lawrence, NM, Bocanegra, J, Blanco, MB, Rasoloarison, R, Kappeler, PM, Barrett, MA, Yoder, AD, and Weisrock, DW. "Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs." Molecular Ecology 25, no. 9 (May 2016): 2029-2045. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Hayes, CE, Williams, CV, Junge, RE, Razafindramanana, J, Mass, V, Rakotondrainibe, H, and Yoder, AD. "Blood transcriptomes reveal novel parasitic zoonoses circulating in Madagascar's lemurs." Biology letters 12, no. 1 (January 2016): 20150829-. Full Text
- Pabijan, M, Brown, JL, Chan, LM, Rakotondravony, HA, Raselimanana, AP, Yoder, AD, Glaw, F, and Vences, M. "Phylogeography of the arid-adapted Malagasy bullfrog, Laliostoma labrosum, influenced by past connectivity and habitat stability." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 92 (November 2015): 11-24. Full Text
- Blair, C, Campbell, CR, and Yoder, AD. "Assessing the utility of whole genome amplified DNA for next-generation molecular ecology." Molecular Ecology Resources 15, no. 5 (September 2015): 1079-1090. Full Text
- Brown, JL, and Yoder, AD. "Shifting ranges and conservation challenges for lemurs in the face of climate change." Ecology and Evolution 5, no. 6 (March 2015): 1131-1142. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Kistler, L, Ratan, A, Godfrey, LR, Crowley, BE, Hughes, CE, Lei, R, Cui, Y, Wood, ML, Muldoon, KM, Andriamialison, H, McGraw, JJ, Tomsho, LP, Schuster, SC, Miller, W, Louis, EE, Yoder, AD, Malhi, RS, and Perry, GH. "Comparative and population mitogenomic analyses of Madagascar's extinct, giant 'subfossil' lemurs." Journal of Human Evolution 79 (February 1, 2015): 45-54. Full Text
- Blair, C, Noonan, BP, Brown, JL, Raselimanana, AP, Vences, M, and Yoder, AD. "Multilocus phylogenetic and geospatial analyses illuminate diversification patterns and the biogeographic history of Malagasy endemic plated lizards (Gerrhosauridae: Zonosaurinae)." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 481-492. Full Text
- Brown, JL, and Yoder, AD. "Shifting ranges and conservation challenges for lemurs in the face of climate change." Ecology and Evolution 5, no. 6 (January 1, 2015): 1131-1142. Full Text
- Faherty, SL, Campbell, CR, Larsen, PA, and Yoder, AD. "Evaluating whole transcriptome amplification for gene profiling experiments using RNA-Seq." Bmc Biotechnology 15 (January 2015): 65-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
- McKenney, EA, Rodrigo, A, and Yoder, AD. "Patterns of gut bacterial colonization in three primate species." Plos One 10, no. 5 (January 2015): e0124618-null. Full Text
- McKenney, EA, Williamson, L, Yoder, AD, Rawls, JF, Bilbo, SD, and Parker, W. "Alteration of the rat cecal microbiome during colonization with the helminth Hymenolepis diminuta." Gut Microbes 6, no. 3 (January 2015): 182-193. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Campbell, CR, and Yoder, AD. "Next-generation approaches to advancing eco-immunogenomic research in critically endangered primates." Molecular ecology resources 14, no. 6 (November 2014): 1198-1209. Full Text
- Martin, SL, and Yoder, AD. "Theme and variations: heterothermy in mammals." Integrative and comparative biology 54, no. 3 (September 2014): 439-442. Full Text
- Villanueva-Cañas, JL, Faherty, SL, Yoder, AD, and Albà, MM. "Comparative genomics of mammalian hibernators using gene networks." Integrative and Comparative Biology 54, no. 3 (September 2014): 452-462. Full Text
- Katzourakis, A, Aiewsakun, P, Jia, H, Wolfe, ND, LeBreton, M, Yoder, AD, and Switzer, WM. "Discovery of prosimian and afrotherian foamy viruses and potential cross species transmissions amidst stable and ancient mammalian co-evolution." Retrovirology 11 (August 4, 2014): 61-. Full Text
- Nowak, MD, Haller, BC, and Yoder, AD. "The founding of Mauritian endemic coffee trees by a synchronous long-distance dispersal event." Journal of evolutionary biology 27, no. 6 (June 2014): 1229-1239. Full Text
- Blair, C, Heckman, KL, Russell, AL, and Yoder, AD. "Multilocus coalescent analyses reveal the demographic history and speciation patterns of mouse lemur sister species." BMC evolutionary biology 14, no. 1 (January 2014): 57-. Full Text
- Brown, JL, Cameron, A, Yoder, AD, and Vences, M. "A necessarily complex model to explain the biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar." Nature Communications 5 (January 2014): 5046-null. Full Text
- Jenkins, RKB, Tognelli, MF, Bowles, P, Cox, N, Brown, JL, Chan, L, Andreone, F, Andriamazava, A, Andriantsimanarilafy, RR, Anjeriniaina, M, Bora, P, Brady, LD, Hantalalaina, EF, Glaw, F, Griffiths, RA, Hilton-Taylor, C, Hoffmann, M, Katariya, V, Rabibisoa, NH, Rafanomezantsoa, J, Rakotomalala, D, Rakotondravony, H, Rakotondrazafy, NA, Ralambonirainy, J, Ramanamanjato, J-B, Randriamahazo, H, Randrianantoandro, JC, Randrianasolo, HH, Randrianirina, JE, Randrianizahana, H, and Raselimanana, AP et al. "Extinction risks and the conservation of Madagascar's reptiles." PloS one 9, no. 8 (January 2014): e100173-. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Hayes, CE, Wilkins, MA, Gomard, Y, Sookhareea, R, Yoder, AD, and Goodman, SM. "Population genetics of the Mauritian flying fox, Pteropus Niger." Acta Chiropterologica 16, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 293-300. Full Text
- Larsen, PA, Heilman, AM, and Yoder, AD. "The utility of PacBio circular consensus sequencing for characterizing complex gene families in non-model organisms." Bmc Genomics 15 (January 2014): 720-null. Full Text
- Shi, JJ, Chan, LM, Peel, AJ, Lai, R, Yoder, AD, and Goodman, SM. "A deep divergence time between sister species of eidolon (Pteropodidae) with evidence for widespread Panmixia." Acta Chiropterologica 16, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 279-292. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Chan, LM, dos Reis, M, Larsen, PA, Campbell, CR, Rasoloarison, R, Barrett, M, Roos, C, Kappeler, P, Bielawski, J, and Yang, Z. "Molecular evolutionary characterization of a V1R subfamily unique to strepsirrhine primates." Genome Biol Evol 6, no. 1 (January 2014): 213-227. Full Text Link to Item
- Yoder, AD, and Larsen, PA. "The molecular evolutionary dynamics of the vomeronasal receptor (class 1) genes in primates: a gene family on the verge of a functional breakdown." Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 8 (January 2014): 153-null. (Review) Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "Gene flow happens." Evolutionary Anthropology 23, no. 1 (January 2014): 15-17. Full Text
- Zehr, SM, Roach, RG, Haring, D, Taylor, J, Cameron, FH, and Yoder, AD. "Life history profiles for 27 strepsirrhine primate taxa generated using captive data from the Duke Lemur Center." Scientific data 1 (January 2014): 140019-. Full Text
- Chan, LM, Archie, JW, Yoder, AD, and Fitzgerald, LA. "Erratum: Review of the systematic status of Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time (Zootaxa (2013) 3664:3 (312-320))." Zootaxa 3686, no. 1 (July 10, 2013): 99-100. Full Text
- Barrett, MA, Brown, JL, and Yoder, AD. "Protection for trade of precious rosewood." Nature 499, no. 7456 (July 2013): 29-29. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "Evolution. Fossils versus clocks." Science 339, no. 6120 (February 8, 2013): 656-658. Full Text Link to Item
- Yoder, AD. "The lemur revolution starts now: the genomic coming of age for a non-model organism." Mol Phylogenet Evol 66, no. 2 (February 2013): 442-452. Full Text Link to Item
- Barrett, MA, Brown, JL, Junge, RE, and Yoder, AD. "Climate change, predictive modeling and lemur health: Assessing impacts of changing climate on health and conservation in Madagascar." Biological Conservation 157 (January 1, 2013): 409-422. Full Text
- Blanco, MB, Dausmann, KH, Ranaivoarisoa, JF, and Yoder, AD. "Underground hibernation in a primate." Scientific Reports 3 (January 2013): 1768-null. Full Text
- Chan, LM, Archie, JW, Yoder, AD, and Fitzgerald, LA. "Review of the systematic status of sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time." Zootaxa 3664, no. 3 (2013): 312-320. Full Text
- Klopfer, PH, Krystal, A, Williams, C, and Yoder, A. "Neuroethology: Do hibernating primates sleep? (Accepted)." Nova Acta Leopoldina 111, no. 380 (2013): 15-27.
- Krystal, AD, Schopler, B, Kobbe, S, Williams, C, Rakatondrainibe, H, Yoder, AD, and Klopfer, P. "The relationship of sleep with temperature and metabolic rate in a hibernating primate." Plos One 8, no. 9 (January 2013): e69914-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Rasoloarison, RM, Weisrock, DW, Yoder, AD, Rakotondravony, D, and Kappeler, PM. "Two New Species of Mouse Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Microcebus) from Eastern Madagascar." International Journal of Primatology 34, no. 3 (2013): 455-469. Full Text
- Shi, JJ, Chan, LM, Rakotomalala, Z, Heilman, AM, Goodman, SM, and Yoder, AD. "Latitude drives diversification in Madagascar's endemic dry forest rodent eliurus myoxinus (subfamily Nesomyinae)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110, no. 3 (2013): 500-517. Full Text
- Nowak, MD, Davis, AP, and Yoder, AD. "Sequence data from new plastid and nuclear cosii regions resolves early diverging lineages in coffea (Rubiaceae)." Systematic Botany 37, no. 4 (October 1, 2012): 995-1005. Full Text
- Chan, LM, Choi, D, Raselimanana, AP, Rakotondravony, HA, and Yoder, AD. "Defining spatial and temporal patterns of phylogeographic structure in Madagascar's iguanid lizards (genus Oplurus)." Mol Ecol 21, no. 15 (August 2012): 3839-3851. Full Text Link to Item
- Perry, GH, Melsted, P, Marioni, JC, Wang, Y, Bainer, R, Pickrell, JK, Michelini, K, Zehr, S, Yoder, AD, Stephens, M, Pritchard, JK, and Gilad, Y. "Comparative RNA sequencing reveals substantial genetic variation in endangered primates." Genome Research 22, no. 4 (2012): 602-610. Full Text
- Weisrock, DW, Smith, SD, Chan, LM, Biebouw, K, Kappeler, PM, and Yoder, AD. "Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: An empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics." Molecular Biology and Evolution 29, no. 6 (2012): 1615-1630. Full Text
- Junge, RE, Barrett, MA, and Yoder, AD. "Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on indri (Indri indri) health in Madagascar." American Journal of Primatology 73, no. 7 (July 2011): 632-642. Full Text
- Chan, LM, Brown, JL, and Yoder, AD. "Integrating statistical genetic and geospatial methods brings new power to phylogeography." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59, no. 2 (May 2011): 523-537. (Review) Full Text
- Chan, LM, Goodman, SM, Nowak, MD, Weisrock, DW, and Yoder, AD. "Increased population sampling confirms low genetic divergence among Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) fruit bats of Madagascar and other western Indian Ocean islands." Plos Currents 3 (January 2011): RRN1226-null. Full Text
- Nowak, MD, Davis, AP, Anthony, F, and Yoder, AD. "Expression and trans-specific polymorphism of self-incompatibility RNases in coffea (Rubiaceae)." PLoS One 6, no. 6 (2011): e21019-. Full Text Link to Item
- Goodman, SM, Chan, LM, Nowak, MD, and Yoder, AD. "Phylogeny and biogeography of western Indian Ocean Rousettus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)." Journal of Mammalogy 91, no. 3 (June 16, 2010): 593-606. Full Text
- Barrett, MA, Brown, JL, Morikawa, MK, Labat, J-N, and Yoder, AD. "Conservation. CITES designation for endangered rosewood in Madagascar." Science (New York, N.Y.) 328, no. 5982 (May 2010): 1109-1110. Full Text
- Weisrock, DW, Rasoloarison, RM, Fiorentino, I, Ralison, JM, Goodman, SM, Kappeler, PM, and Yoder, AD. "Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar's mouse lemurs." Plos One 5, no. 3 (March 31, 2010): e9883-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Hickerson, MJ, Carstens, BC, Cavender-Bares, J, Crandall, KA, Graham, CH, Johnson, JB, Rissler, L, Victoriano, PF, and Yoder, AD. "Phylogeography's past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54, no. 1 (January 2010): 291-301. (Review) Full Text
- Groeneveld, LF, Weisrock, DW, Rasoloarison, RM, Yoder, AD, and Kappeler, PM. "Species delimitation in lemurs: Multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus." BMC Evolutionary Biology 9, no. 1 (2009). Full Text
- Noonan, BP, and Yoder, AD. "Anonymous nuclear markers for Malagasy plated lizards (Zonosaurus)." Mol Ecol Resour 9, no. 1 (January 2009): 402-404. Full Text Link to Item
- O'Brien, J, Mariani, C, Olson, L, Russell, AL, Say, L, Yoder, AD, and Hayden, TJ. "Multiple colonisations of the western Indian Ocean by Pteropus fruit bats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae): The furthest islands were colonised first." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51, no. 2 (2009): 294-303. Full Text
- Raselimanana, AP, Noonan, B, Karanth, KP, Gauthier, J, and Yoder, AD. "Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50, no. 2 (2009): 336-344. Full Text
- Riddle, B, Dawson, MN, Hadly, EA, Hafner, DJ, Hickerson, MJ, Mantooth, SJ, and Yoder, AD. "The role of molecular genetics in sculpting the future of integrative biogeography." Progress in Physical Geography 32, no. 2 (November 7, 2008): 173-202. (Review) Full Text
- Horvath, JE, Weisrock, DW, Embry, SL, Fiorentino, I, Balhoff, JP, Kappeler, P, Wray, GA, Willard, HF, and Yoder, AD. "Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar's lemurs." Genome Res 18, no. 3 (March 2008): 489-499. Full Text Link to Item
- Russell, AL, Goodman, SM, Fiorentino, I, and Yoder, AD. "Population genetic analysis of Myzopoda (Chiroptera: Myzopodidae) in Madagascar." Journal of Mammalogy 89, no. 1 (February 1, 2008): 209-221. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "Lemurs." Current Biology : Cb 17, no. 20 (October 2007): R866-R868. Full Text
- Heckman, KL, Mariani, CL, Rasoloarison, R, and Yoder, AD. "Multiple nuclear loci reveal patterns of incomplete lineage sorting and complex species history within western mouse lemurs (Microcebus)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43, no. 2 (May 2007): 353-367. Full Text
- Naghibalhossaini, F, Yoder, AD, Tobi, M, and Stanners, CP. "Evolution of a tumorigenic property conferred by glycophosphatidyl-inositol membrane anchors of carcinoembryonic antigen gene family members during the primate radiation." Molecular Biology of the Cell 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 1366-1374. Full Text
- Russell, AL, Ranivo, J, Palkovacs, EP, Goodman, SM, and Yoder, AD. "Working at the interface of phylogenetics and population genetics: A biogeographical analysis of Triaenops spp. (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)." Molecular Ecology 16, no. 4 (2007): 839-851. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Yoder, AD, and Heckman, KL. "Evolutionary origins of malagasy primates." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2007): 254-254. Link to Item
- Yoder, AD, and Nowak, MD. "Has vicariance or dispersal been the predominant biogeographic force in Madagascar? Only time will tell." Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 37 (December 18, 2006): 405-431. (Review) Full Text
- Goodman, SM, Cardiff, SG, Ranivo, J, Russell, AL, and Yoder, AD. "A new species of Emballonura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from the dry regions of madagascar." American Museum Novitates , no. 3538 (2006): 1-24.
- Heckman, KL, Rasoazanabary, E, Machlin, E, Godfrey, LR, and Yoder, AD. "Incongruence between genetic and morphological diversity in Microcebus griseorufus of Beza Mahafaly." BMC Evolutionary Biology 6 (2006). Full Text
- Caccone, A, Karanth, KP, Gerlach, J, Hume, JP, Palkovacs, E, Yoder, A, and Glaberman, S. "Native Seychelles tortoises or Aldabran imports? The importance of radiocarbon dating for ancient DNA studies." Amphibia Reptilia 26, no. 1 (2005): 116-121. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Karanth, KP, Delefosse, T, Rakotosamimanana, B, Parsons, TJ, and Yoder, AD. "Ancient DNA from giant extinct lemurs confirms single origin of Malagasy primates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102, no. 14 (2005): 5090-5095. Full Text
- Tan, Y, Yoder, AD, Yamashita, N, and Li, W-H. "Evidence from opsin genes rejects nocturnality in ancestral primates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102, no. 41 (2005): 14712-14716. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Olson, LE, Hanley, C, Heckman, KL, Rasoloarison, R, Russell, AL, Ranivo, J, Soarimalala, V, Karanth, KP, Raselimanana, AP, and Goodman, SM. "A multidimensional approach for detecting species patterns in Malagasy vertebrates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102, no. SUPPL. 1 (2005): 6587-6594. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "The biogeography of Madagascar: where to turn when the fossils aren’t there." Paleontological Society Papers II (2005): 129-139. (Academic Article)
- Olson, LE, Goodman, SM, and Yoder, AD. "Illumination of cryptic species boundaries in long-tailed shrew tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae; Microgale), with new insights into geographic variation and distributional constraints." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83, no. 1 (September 1, 2004): 1-22. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, and Yang, Z. "Divergence dates for Malagasy lemurs estimated from multiple gene loci: geological and evolutionary context." Molecular Ecology 13, no. 4 (April 2004): 757-773. Full Text
- Yang, Z, and Yoder, AD. "Comparison of likelihood and Bayesian methods for estimating divergence times using multiple gene Loci and calibration points, with application to a radiation of cute-looking mouse lemur species." Systematic Biology 52, no. 5 (October 2003): 705-716. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Burns, MM, Zehr, S, Delefosse, T, Veron, G, Goodman, SM, and Flynn, JJ. "Single origin of Malagasy Carnivora from an African ancestor." Nature 421, no. 6924 (February 2003): 734-737. Full Text
- Eriksson, T, Hibbs, MS, Yoder, AD, Delwiche, CF, and Donoghue, MJ. "The phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the trnL/F region of chloroplast DNA." International Journal of Plant Sciences 164, no. 2 (January 1, 2003): 197-211. Full Text
- Kunstman, KJ, Puffer, B, Korber, BT, Kuiken, C, Smith, UR, Kunstman, J, Stanton, J, Agy, M, Shibata, R, Yoder, AD, Pillai, S, Doms, RW, Marx, P, and Wolinsky, SM. "Structure and Function of CC-Chemokine Receptor 5 Homologues Derived from Representative Primate Species and Subspecies of the Taxonomic Suborders Prosimii and Anthropoidea." Journal of Virology 77, no. 22 (2003): 12310-12318. Full Text
- Olson, LE, and Yoder, AD. "Using secondary structure to identify ribosomal numts: cautionary examples from the human genome." Molecular Biology and Evolution 19, no. 1 (January 2002): 93-100. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Burns, MM, and Génin, F. "Molecular evidence of reproductive isolation in sympatric sibling species of mouse lemurs." International Journal of Primatology 23, no. 6 (2002): 1335-1343. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Irwin, JA, and Payseur, BA. "Failure of the ILD to determine data combinability for slow loris phylogeny." Systematic Biology 50, no. 3 (June 2001): 408-424. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "Ancient DNA from Megaladapis edwardsi." Folia Primatologica 72, no. 6 (2001): [d]342-[d]343.
- Yoder, AD, Irwin, JA, Goodman, SM, and Rakotoarisoa, SV. "Genetic tests of the taxonomic status of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) from the high mountain zone of the Andringitra Massif, Madagascar." Journal of Zoology 252, no. 1 (September 25, 2000): 1-9. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, and Yang, Z. "Estimation of primate speciation dates using local molecular clocks." Molecular Biology and Evolution 17, no. 7 (July 2000): 1081-1090. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Rasoloarison, RM, Goodman, SM, Irwin, JA, Atsalis, S, Ravosa, MJ, and Ganzhorn, JU. "Remarkable species diversity in Malagasy mouse lemurs (primates, Microcebus)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97, no. 21 (2000): 11325-11330. Full Text
- Yang, Z, and Yoder, AD. "Estimation of the transition/transversion rate bias and species sampling." Journal of Molecular Evolution 48, no. 3 (March 1999): 274-283. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, and Irwin, JA. "Phylogeny of the Lemuridae: Effects of character and taxon sampling on resolution of species relationships within Eulemur." Cladistics 15, no. 3 (January 1, 1999): 351-361. Full Text
- Yoder, A. "An infinitude of connecting links." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12, no. 3 (March 1997): 86-88. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "Back to the future: A synthesis of strepsirrhine systematics." Evolutionary Anthropology 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 11-22. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Cartmill, M, Ruvolo, M, Smith, K, and Vilgalys, R. "Ancient single origin for Malagasy primates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93, no. 10 (1996): 5122-5126. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, Vilgalys, R, and Ruvolo, M. "Molecular evolutionary dynamics of cytochrome b in strepsirrhine primates: The phylogenetic significance of third-position transversions." Molecular Biology and Evolution 13, no. 10 (1996): 1339-1350.
- Cartmill, M, and Yoder, AD. "Molecules and morphology in Primate Systematics: An introduction." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 94, no. 1 (May 1994): 1-1. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "Relative position of the cheirogaleidae in strepsirhine phylogeny: A comparison of morphological and molecular methods and results." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 94, no. 1 (1994): 25-46.
- Kay, RF, Thewissen, JGM, and Yoder, AD. "Cranial anatomy of Ignacius graybullianus and the affinities of the Plesiadapiformes." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 89, no. 4 (January 1, 1992): 477-498. Full Text
- Yoder, AD. "The applications and limitations of ontogenetic comparisons for phylogeny reconstruction: the case of the strepsirhine internal carotid artery." Journal of Human Evolution 23, no. 2 (January 1, 1992): 183-196. Full Text
- YODER, AD. "A COMPARISON OF CHARACTER ONTOGENY IN 2 STREPSIRHINE PRIMATES - APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR PHYLOGENETICS." AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST 31, no. 5 (1991): A62-A62. Link to Item
- YODER, AD. "A PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE TRUE LORISES." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 78, no. 2 (February 1989): 327-327. Link to Item
- Copenhaver, GP, and Barsh, GS. "A Decad(e) of Reasons to Contribute to a PLOS Community-Run Journal(Published online)." Plos Genetics 11, no. 10: e1005557-e1005557. Full Text Open Access Copy
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Book Sections
- Yoder, AD, Weisrock, DW, Rasoloarison, RM, and Kappeler, PM. "Cheirogaleid diversity and evolution: Big questions about small primates." In The Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar: Biology, Behavior and Conservation Biogeography of the Cheirogaleidae, 3-20. April 7, 2016. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, and Heckman, K. "Mouse lemur phylogeography revises a model of ecogeographic constraint in Madagascar." In Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects, edited by J Fleagle and SM Lehman, 255-268. Kluwer Press, 2006. (Chapter)
- Yoder, AD, Olson, LE, Hanley, C, Heckman, KL, Rasoloarison, R, Russell, AL, Ranivo, J, Soarimalala, V, Praveen Karanth, K, Raselimanana, AP, and Goodman, SM. "A multidimensional approach for detecting species patterns in malagasy vertebrates." In Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary, 203-228. October 28, 2005. Full Text
- Yoder, AD, and Flynn, JJ. "Origin of Malagasy Carnivora." In The Natural History of Madagascar, edited by SM Goodman and J Benstead, 1253-1256. University of Chicago Press, 2003. (Chapter)
- Yoder, AD. "Phylogeny of the lemurs." In The Natural History of Madagascar, edited by SM Goodman and J Benstead, 1242-1247. University of Chicago Press, 2003. (Chapter)
- Yoder, AD. "The phylogenetic position of genus Tarsius: whose side are you on?." In Tarsiers: Past, Present, and Future, edited by PC Wright, EL Simons, and S Gursjy, 161-175. Rutgers Universioty Press, 2003. (Chapter)
- Yoder, AD, and Delefosse, T. "Ancient DNA." In Yearbook of Science and Technology, 9-14. McGraw-Hill, 2002. (Chapter)
- Yoder, AD, Rakotosamimanana, B, and Parsons, TJ. "Ancient DNA in subfossil lemurs: methodological challenges and their solutions." In New Directions in Lemur Studies, edited by HB Rasaminanana, S Rakotosamimanana, S Goodman, and J Ganshorn, 1-17. Plenumn Press, 1999. (Chapter)
- Yoder, AD. "The use of phylogeny for reconstructing lemuriform biogeography." In Biogeographie de Madagascar, edited by WR Lourenco, 245-258. Paris: Editions de l’ORSTROM, 1996. (Chapter)
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Conference Papers
- Perry, G, Kistler, L, Godfrey, LR, Crowley, BE, Muldoon, KM, Malhi, R, Schuster, S, Miller, W, Yoder, AD, and Louis, EE. "Nuclear genome sequences from the extinct subfossil lemurs Palaeopropithecus ingens and Megaladapis edwardsi." March 2015. Link to Item
- Zehr, SM, Taylor, JP, Roach, RG, Haring, D, Cameron, FH, Dean, M, and Yoder, AD. "Prosimian primate life history profiles generated from the new Duke Lemur Center Database (coming soon to a URL near you!)." March 2014. Link to Item
- Mckenney, EA, Rodrigo, A, and Yoder, AD. "Species-specific assembly of the gut microbiota in lemurs." 2014. Link to Item
- Faherty, SL, and Yoder, AD. "Assessing gene expression profiles during seasonal thermoregulation in a hibernating primate, Cheirogaleus medius." April 2012. Link to Item
- Heilman, AM, Chan, LM, Rakotomalala, Z, Goodman, SM, and Yoder, AD. "A multilocus phylogeographic study of a rodent (Eliurus myoxinus) distributed throughout western Madagascar." March 2011. Link to Item
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- BIOLOGY 493: Research Independent Study 2019
- BIOLOGY 293: Research Independent Study 2018
- BIOLOGY 391: Independent Study: Advanced Topics 2018
- BIOLOGY 128FS: Evolutionary Genomics: Who Are We, Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going? 2017
- GENOME 128FS: Evolutionary Genomics: Who Are We, Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going? 2017
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Seeing the Island through the Trees: Reconstructing the Biogeography of Madagascar's Mammals in the Absence of a Fossil Record. November 22, 2013 2013
- Why are there so many mouse lemur species?: complexities and conundrums in linking genotype to phenotype. November 1, 2013 2013
- Ancient Gene Duplication and other Surprising Patterns of Allelic Diversity of V1R genes in Toothcombed Primates (suborder Strepsirrhini). February 20, 2013 2013
- Vomeronasal Receptor Genes in Lemurs: Who “nose” what all the diversity is about? (pun intended). November 5, 2012 2012
- What's behind door #1?: An experiment in speed collaborating (Audience participation required!). October 1, 2012 2012
- The Duke Lemur Center: Who we are and what we do. August 20, 2012 2012
- Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs. June 26, 2012 2012
- Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs. May 17, 2012 2012
- The vomeronasal receptor gene family: clues for solving the mysteries of mouse lemur cryptic speciation. April 12, 2012 2012
- Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs. March 21, 2012 2012
- Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs. November 28, 2011 2011
- Lemurs in Geopolitical Context. November 16, 2011 2011
- Madagascar: A case study for integrating population genetic and GIS methods for guiding conservation policies. November 10, 2011 2011
- Zillions of Mouse Lemur Species: Biological fact or conservation politics?. November 2, 2011 2011
- The Evolutionary History of Lemurs, and What Morris Goodman taught me about Science. October 3, 2011 2011
- How to Study an Island (Madagascar) with Genetic Data. August 1, 2011 2011
- Zillions of Mouse Lemur Species: Biological fact or conservation politics?. June 23, 2011 2011
- What lemurs can tell us about Earth's past, present, and future …. April 19, 2011 2011
- Madagascar: un modelo para la integración de métodos de genética poblacional y SIG para entender mecanismos filogeográficos. March 28, 2011 2011
- Madagascar: A case study for integrating population genetics and GIS for understanding phylogeographic mechanisms. March 7, 2011 2011
- Phylogeography. January 29, 2011 2011
- What Lemurs can tell us about the Earth’s Past, Present, and Future. December 9, 2010 2010
- Tanner Lecturer. March 1, 2010 2010
- Symposia. October 1, 2009 2009
- Evolution in the Triangle: North Carolina Museum of Natural History. July 1, 2009 2009
- Darwin Celebration. April 1, 2009 2009
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Board of Directors. Women in Science Tomorrow. December 18, 2010 2010
- Board of Directors. Women in Science Tomorrow. December 18, 2010 2010
- thesis advisor to Amy Heilman. Outreach to special needs children at Lakewood Elementary. December 18, 2010 2010
- thesis advisor to Amy Heilman. Outreach to special needs children at Lakewood Elementary. December 18, 2010 2010
- thesis advisor to Meredith Barrett. Eno River Association. December 18, 2010 2010
- thesis advisor to Meredith Barrett. Eno River Association. December 18, 2010 2010
- thesis advisor to Sheena Faherty. FEMMES (Females Excelling More at Math, Engineering, and Sciences). December 18, 2010 2010
- thesis advisor to Sheena Faherty. FEMMES (Females Excelling More at Math, Engineering, and Sciences). December 18, 2010 2010
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Service to the Profession
- Panel Member : National Science Foundation (DEB). November 2013 2013
- Panel Member : National Science Foundation (DEB). October 24, 2012 - October 26, 2012 2012
- Committee of Visitors : National Science Foundation (DEB). June 5, 2012 - June 7, 2012 2012
- NSF grant review panel member. December 2011 2011
- NSF grant review panel member. May 2011 2011
- Associate Editor for Evolution. December 10, 2009 2009
- Editorial Board for International Journal of Primatology. December 10, 2009 2009
- Editorial Board for Phylogenetics and Evolution. December 10, 2009 2009
- NSF Panel Member: Eukaryotic Genetics, Spring Panel. December 10, 2009 2009
- NSF-Division of Environmental Biolog, Committee of Visitors. December 10, 2009 2009
- Reviewer for multiple journals. 2009 2009
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