Anne Daphne Yoder

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.

Education

Ph.D., Duke University 1992
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1981

Yoder, A. D., D. W. Weisrock, R. M. Rasoloarison, and P. M. Kappeler. “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, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139871822.002. Full Text

Yoder, A. D., and K. Heckman. “Mouse lemur phylogeography revises a model of ecogeographic constraint in Madagascar.” In Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects, edited by J. Fleagle and S. M. Lehman, 255–68. Kluwer Press, 2006.

Yoder, A. D., L. E. Olson, C. Hanley, K. L. Heckman, R. Rasoloarison, A. L. Russell, J. Ranivo, et al. “A multidimensional approach for detecting species patterns in malagasy vertebrates.” In Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr’s 100th Anniversary, 203–28, 2005. https://doi.org/10.17226/11310. Full Text

Yoder, A. D. “Phylogeny of the lemurs.” In The Natural History of Madagascar, edited by S. M. Goodman and J. Benstead, 1242–47. University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Yoder, A. D. “The phylogenetic position of genus Tarsius: whose side are you on?” In Tarsiers: Past, Present, and Future, edited by P. C. Wright, E. L. Simons, and S. Gursjy, 161–75. Rutgers Universioty Press, 2003.

Yoder, A. D., and J. J. Flynn. “Origin of Malagasy Carnivora.” In The Natural History of Madagascar, edited by S. M. Goodman and J. Benstead, 1253–56. University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Yoder, A. D., and T. Delefosse. “Ancient DNA.” In Yearbook of Science and Technology, 9–14. McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Yoder, A. D., B. Rakotosamimanana, and T. J. Parsons. “Ancient DNA in subfossil lemurs: methodological challenges and their solutions.” In New Directions in Lemur Studies, edited by H. B. Rasaminanana, S. Rakotosamimanana, S. Goodman, and J. Ganshorn, 1–17. Plenumn Press, 1999.

Yoder, A. D. “The use of phylogeny for reconstructing lemuriform biogeography.” In Biogeographie de Madagascar, edited by W. R. Lourenco, 245–58. Paris: Editions de l’ORSTROM, 1996.

Williams, Rachel C., Marina B. Blanco, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Aaron A. Comeault, and Anne D. Yoder. “Conservation genomic analysis reveals ancient introgression and declining levels of genetic diversity in Madagascar's hibernating dwarf lemurs.” Heredity 124, no. 1 (January 2020): 236–51. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-019-0260-9. Full Text

Hunnicutt, Kelsie E., George P. Tiley, Rachel C. Williams, Peter A. Larsen, Marina B. Blanco, Rodin M. Rasoloarison, C Ryan Campbell, et al. “Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Pheromone Receptor Class 1 Family (V1R) Reveals Extreme Complexity in Mouse Lemurs (Genus, Microcebus) and a Chromosomal Hotspot across Mammals.” Genome Biol Evol 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 3562–79. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz200. Full Text

Li, Gang, Henrique V. Figueiró, Eduardo Eizirik, and William J. Murphy. “Recombination-Aware Phylogenomics Reveals the Structured Genomic Landscape of Hybridizing Cat Species.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 36, no. 10 (October 2019): 2111–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz139. Full Text

Greene, Lydia K., Sally L. Bornbusch, Erin A. McKenney, Rachel L. Harris, Sarah R. Gorvetzian, Anne D. Yoder, and Christine M. Drea. “The importance of scale in comparative microbiome research: New insights from the gut and glands of captive and wild lemurs.” American Journal of Primatology 81, no. 10–11 (October 2019): e22974. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22974. Full Text

Nouls, John C., Rohan S. Virgincar, Alexander G. Culbert, Nathann Morand, Dana W. Bobbert, Anne D. Yoder, Robert S. Schopler, et al. “Applications of 3D printing in small animal magnetic resonance imaging.” J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 6, no. 2 (April 2019): 021605. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.6.2.021605. Full Text

Campbell, C. R., J. W. Poelstra, and A. D. Yoder. “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 (August 1, 2018): 561–83. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly063. Full Text

Blanco, Marina B., Kathrin H. Dausmann, Sheena L. Faherty, and Anne D. Yoder. “Tropical heterothermy is "cool": The expression of daily torpor and hibernation in primates.” Evolutionary Anthropology 27, no. 4 (July 17, 2018): 147–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21588. Full Text

McKenney, Erin A., Michael Maslanka, Allen Rodrigo, and Anne D. Yoder. “Bamboo Specialists from Two Mammalian Orders (Primates, Carnivora) Share a High Number of Low-Abundance Gut Microbes.” Microbial Ecology 76, no. 1 (July 2018): 272–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-017-1114-8. Full Text

Reis, Mario Dos, Gregg F. Gunnell, Jose Barba-Montoya, Alex Wilkins, Ziheng Yang, and Anne D. Yoder. “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. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syy001. Full Text

Yoder, Anne D., Jelmer W. Poelstra, George P. Tiley, and Rachel C. Williams. “Neutral Theory Is the Foundation of Conservation Genetics.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 35, no. 6 (June 2018): 1322–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy076. Full Text

Pages

Perry, George, Logan Kistler, Laurie R. Godfrey, Brooke E. Crowley, Kathleen M. Muldoon, Ripan Malhi, Stephan Schuster, Webb Miller, Anne D. Yoder, and Edward E. Louis. “Nuclear genome sequences from the extinct subfossil lemurs Palaeopropithecus ingens and Megaladapis edwardsi.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156:251–251. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.

Zehr, Sarah M., Julie Parks Taylor, Richard G. Roach, David Haring, Freda H. Cameron, Melissa Dean, and Anne D. Yoder. “Prosimian primate life history profiles generated from the new Duke Lemur Center Database (coming soon to a URL near you!).” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153:281–281. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014.

Mckenney, E. A., A. Rodrigo, and A. D. Yoder. “Species-specific assembly of the gut microbiota in lemurs.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 54:E137–E137. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2014.

Faherty, S. L., and A. D. Yoder. “Assessing gene expression profiles during seasonal thermoregulation in a hibernating primate, Cheirogaleus medius.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 52:E242–E242. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2012.

Heilman, A. M., L. M. Chan, Z. Rakotomalala, S. M. Goodman, and A. D. Yoder. “A multilocus phylogeographic study of a rodent (Eliurus myoxinus) distributed throughout western Madagascar.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51:E200–E200. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2011.

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

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

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