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Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
104 Biological Sciences Building
Box 90383
Durham, NC 27708-9976
(919) 684-4124  (Phone)
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    Anne D. Yoder

  • Anne D. Yoder

  • Professor, Biology
  • Evolutionary Anthropology
  • 128 Biol Sciences Building
  • Campus Box 90338
  • Phone: (919) 660-7275
  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Specialties

    • Evolution
    • Primate Behavior
    • Systematics
    • Cognition
    • Genetics

  • Research Description

    My primary research focus is the phylogenetics and evolution of Madagascar's lemurs. This has also inspired a broader interest in the biogeography of Madagascar, especially its modern terrestrial vertebrates. Given that Madagascar's natural habatitats are under extreme human pressures, I am also involved with conservation projects, especially those that involve training local Malagasy students and other scholars.

  • Education

      • PhD,
      • Duke University,
      • 1992

  • Awards, Honors and Distinctions

      • 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,
      • October 2005-August 2010
      • Continued Support of the Duke University Primate Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History.,
      • National Science Foundation – Division of Biological Infrastructure:,
      • March 2006-February 2011
      • Lemur disease ecology: Linkinghealth, ecosystem viability and conservation in Madagascar (with Meredith Barrett),
      • National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship,
      • September 2007-August 2010
      • Linking Wildlife Health, Ecosystem Viability, Genetic Diversity, and Conservation in Madagascar. with Meredith Barrett),
      • aint Louis Zoo Field Research for Conservation Program – Lemur Disease Ecology,
      • February 2008-January 2010
      • 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,
      • June 2007-May2008
      • 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-December 2012
      • 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,
      • January 2010-December 2012
      • 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
      • Catalysis Meeting Award, “Patterns of Biodiversity in Madagascar” (with C. Kremen),
      • National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent,
      • 2006
      • The Neurobiology of Sleep and Hibernationwith P. Klopfer and A. Krystal),
      • Duke Provost’s Fund,
      • 2006
      • A high-throughput DNA analyzer for comparative population genomics.,
      • National Science Foundation – Division of Biological Infrastructure,
      • June, 2005

  • Recent Publications

      • Perry, G.H., Melsted, P., Marioni, J.C., Wang, Y., Bainer, R., Pickrell, J.K., Michelini, K., Zehr, S., Yoder, A.D., Stephens, M., Pritchard, J.K., and Y. Gilad..
      • 2012.
      • Comparative RNA sequencing reveals substantial genetic variation in endangered primates.
      • Genome Research
      • 22:
      • 602-610
      • .
      • Weisrock, D.W., Smith, S.M., *Chan, L.M., Biebouw, K., Kappeler, P.M. and A.D. Yoder.
      • 2012.
      • 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:
      • 1615 - 1630
      • .
      • Chan, L.M., **Choi, D., Raselimanana, A., Rakotonadravony, H. and A.D. Yoder.
      • 2012.
      • Defining spatial and temporal patterns of phylogeographic structure in Madagascar’s Oplurus lizards.
      • Molecular Ecology
      • 21:
      • 3839-3851
      • .
      • Nowak, M.D., Davis, A.P. and A.D. Yoder.
      • 2012.
      • Sequence data from new plastid and nuclear COSII regions resolves early diverging lineages in Coffea (Rubiaceae).
      • Systematic Botany
      • 37:
      • 995-1005
      • .
      • Klopfer, P., Krystal. A., Williams, C. and A.D. Yoder.
      • Accepted, 2012.
      • Neuroethology: do hibernating primates sleep?.
      • Nova Acta Leopoldina
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  • Postdoctoral Students

    • Marina Blanco
      • 2012 - present
    • Peter Larsen
      • 2012 - present
    • Christopher Blair
      • 2012 - present
    • Lauren Chan
      • 2009 - 2012
    • Jason Brown
      • 2009 - present
    • Brice Noonan
      • 2007 - 2009
    • David Weisrock
      • 2007 - 2009

  • PhD Students

    • Ryan Campbell
    • Erin McKenney
    • Sheena Faherty
    • Amy Heilman