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| Sarah
Boyer |
Assistant Professor
Olin-Rice 212
(651) 696-6233 office
boyer@macalester.edu
Professor Boyer's
website
Professor Boyer is interested in the diversity and evolution of animal
life. She takes a phylogenetic approach to questions in evolutionary
biology, using both molecular and morphological data. Her recent
research investigates the influence of geological history on the
diversification of Cyphophthalmi, a group of tiny daddy long-legs. New
Zealand has been her major site for field work, and she has also
collected in Sri Lanka, Japan, French Polynesia, Florida and the
Pacific Northwest. Professor Boyer has worked closely with
undergraduates in both lab and field settings an coauthored papers with
her students. Other interests include travel, novels, food, family,
friends and the great outdoors.
Current Courses:
BIOL170 Biodiversity & Evolution
BIOL361 Animal Diversity
BIOL481 Seminar in Evolution
Education:
BA Swarthmore College, 1996
MA University of California Berkeley, 1998
PhD Harvard University, 2007
Research Interests:
Biodiversity and evolution of invertebrates,
Molecular systematics, Population genetics, Biogeography
Selected
Publications:
Boyer SL, Baker JM, Giribet G (in press) Deep
genetic divergence in Aoraki
denticulata (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi): a widespread
"mite harvestmen" defies DNA taxonomy. Molecular Ecology.
Boyer SL, Clouse RC, Benevides L, Schwendinger P, Sharma P, Karunathana
I, Giribet G (in press) Biogeography of the World from a
globally-distributed arachnid. Journal of Biogeography.
Boyer SL, Giribet G (in press) A new model Gondwanan taxon: systematics
and biogeography of the harvestmen family Pettalidae (Arachnida,
Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi), with a taxonomic revision of genera from
Australia and New Zealand. Cladistics 23. |
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