Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison - GSTP Postdoctoral Fellow. Laboratory of Genetics. Advisor: Dr. Bret Payseur. Madison, WI. 2015-2018.
Indiana University - Ph.D. Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior. Advisors: Dr. Mike Wade & Dr. Curt Lively. Bloomington, IN. 2009-2015.
The College of William & Mary - B.S. Biology, summa cum laude. Honors Thesis Advisor: Dr. George Gilchrist. Williamsburg, VA. 2004-2008.
Awards
College of Arts & Sciences Research Award in Natural & Physical Sciences. Mississippi State University. 2026.
Kavli Fellow. National Academy of Sciences. 2025.
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), President of the United States. 2025.
NIH Genomic Sciences Training Program (GSTP) Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison. 2015-2018.
The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) Travel Award - The Genetics Society of America and the Population, Evolutionary & Quantitative Genetics Community. 2016.
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology – National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI). (Declined)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. 2010-2015.
CISAB Summer Fellowship. Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University. 2014.
Provost’s Travel Award for Women in Science. Indiana University. 2014.
Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity (CTRD) Trainee. NIH Training Grant, Indiana University. 2010-2011.
Phi Beta Kappa. The College of William & Mary. 2007.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Internship. Gamboa, Panama. Advisor: Dr. Mike Ryan. 2007.
Bruce Grant Award for Undergraduate Research in Evolutionary Biology. The College of William & Mary. 2007.
NSF REU. The College of William & Mary. Advisor: Dr. George Gilchrist. 2006.
Monroe Scholar. The College of William & Mary. 2004-2008.
Publications
Dapper, AL, A Khadgi, & SP Flanagan (In Review) Resolving one form of sexual conflict can exacerbate the other: interactions between intra- and inter-locus sexual conflict.
Mitchell, B, G McMullan Gunsolus, L Youngblood, AL Dapper, N Duporge, J Haakonsson, S O’Hehir, JA Wasilewski, & ME Welch (In Review) Assessing the impact of trade dynamics on the prolifically invasive green iguana (Iguana iguana, Linnaeus 1758) in Florida through mathematical modeling – a nuanced discussion about adaptive management strategies.
Szasz-Green, T, JD Konvalina, BB Parrott, EA Hoffman, & AL Dapper (In Review) Long-term population decline and recombination heterogeneity shape genomic diversity in the American alligator. BioRxiv.
Liberti, J, L Schrader, J Grassl, R Dosselli, S Holt, M Schiøtt, AL Dapper, G Zhang, B Baer, & JH Boomsma (In Review) The evolution of seminal fluid proteins across the transition between single and multiple queen-mating in fungus-growing ants.
Matharage, D, A Khadgi, & AL Dapper (In Review) Inter-strain variation in intra-chromosomal rates of recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans. BioRxiv.
Szasz-Green, T, K Shores, V Vanga, L Zacharias, AK Lawton, & AL Dapper (2025) Comparative phylogenetics reveal clade-specific drivers of recombination rate evolution across vertebrates. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 42(5): msaf100.
Dinep-Schneider, O, E Appiah, AL Dapper, S Patterson, M Vermulst, & J-F Gout. (2024) Effects of the glyphosate-based herbicide roundup on C. elegans and S. cerevisiae mortality, reproduction, and transcription fidelity. Environmental Pollution. 356: 124203.
Drury, AL, J-F Gout, & AL Dapper (2023) Modeling recombination rate as a quantitative trait reveals new insight into selection on humans. Genome Biology & Evolution. 15(8): evad132.
Dapper, AL, AE Diegel, & MJ Wade (2023) Relative rates of evolution of male-beneficial nuclear compensatory mutations and male-harming Mother’s Curse mitochondrial alleles. Evolution. 77(9): qpad087.
Dapper, AL, GP Slater, K Shores, & BA Harpur (2022) Population Genetics of Reproductive Genes in Arrhenotokous Species. Genome Biology & Evolution. 14(6): evac070.
Slater, GP, AL Dapper, & BA Harpur (2022) Haploid and Sexual Selection Shape the Rate of Evolution of Genes Across the Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) Genome. Genome Biology & Evolution. 14(6): evac063.
Dapper, AL, & MJ Wade (2020) Relaxed Selection and the Rapid Evolution of Reproductive Genes. Trends in Genetics. 36(9): 640-649.
Dapper, AL, & BA Payseur (2019) Molecular Evolution of the Meiotic Recombination Pathway in Mammals. Evolution. 73: 2368-2389.
Dapper, AL, & BA Payseur (2018) Effects of Demographic History on the Detection of Recombination Hotspots from Linkage Disequilibrium. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 35(2): 335-353.
Dapper, AL, & BA Payseur (2017) Connecting Theory and Data in Recombination Rate Evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 372: 20160469.
Drury, DW, AL Dapper, DJ Siniard, GE Zentner, and MJ Wade (2017) CRISPR/Cas9 gene drives in genetically variable and non-randomly mating wild populations. Science Advances. 3(5): e1601910.
Dapper, AL, & MJ Wade (2016) The evolution of sperm competition genes: The effect of mating system on levels of genetic variation within and between species. Evolution. 70: 502-511.
Suzuki, H, AL Dapper, C Jackson, H Lee, V Pejaver, T Doak, M Lynch, and J Preer Jr. (2015) Draft genome sequence of Caedibacter varicaedens, a Kappa killer endosymbiont bacterium of the ciliate Paramecium biaurelia. Genome Announcements. 3(6): e01310-15
Dapper, AL, & CM Lively (2014) Interlocus sexually antagonistic coevolution can create indirect selection for increased recombination. Evolution. 68: 1216-1224.
Whittaker, DJ, AL Dapper, MP Peterson, JW Atwell, & ED Ketterson (2012) Maintenance of MHC Class IIB diversity in a recently established songbird population. J. Avian Biol. 43: 109-108.
Dapper, AL, AT Baugh, & MJ Ryan (2011) The Sounds of Silence as an Alarm Cue in Túngara Frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus. Biotropica 43: 380-385.
Whittaker, DJ, DG Reichard, AL Dapper, & ED Ketterson (2009) Behavioral responses of nesting female dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis to hetero- and conspecific passerine preen oils. J. Avian Biol. 40: 579-583.
Grants
National Science Foundation (NSF). Role: PI. CAREER: Integrating Theory & Data to Uncover the Evolutionary Advantages of Recombination. 06/01/2022 – 5/31/2027. ($740,645.00)
College of Arts & Sciences SRI Faculty Seed Funding. Role: PI. Population Genetics of Alligator mississippiensis in the Southeastern United States. 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022. ($9,574.55)
National Science Foundation (NSF). Role: Co-PI. DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Causes and Consequence of Rapid Evolution of Seminal Fluid Protein Genes in Populations of the Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum). 2013-2015. ($20,277)
Teaching
BIO 4124/6124 Mathematical Modeling in Biology
BIO 4153/6153 Sexual Selection
BIO 4113/6113 Evolution