Publications

Holding†, M.L., Drabeck†, D., Jansa, S.A., Gibbs, L.H. Venom resistance as a model for understanding the molecular basis of complex coevolutionary adaptations. (2016) SICB In Press. † Joint lead authors contributed equally to this work. 

Drabeck, D., and Jansa, S. Why the honey badger don't care: Convergent evolution of venom-targeted nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mammals that survive venomous snake bites. (2015) Toxicon 99: 68-72
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25796346
 

Drabeck, D., Chattfield, M., Omalley, B., Richard-Zawacki, C.  The status of Louisiana's diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) populations in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Insights from population genetic and contaminant analyses. (2014)  Journal of Herpetology  48:125-136
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1670/12-186
 

Hekkala, E., Saumure, R., Jeager, J., Werner, H., Sredl, M., Culver, M., Bradford, D., Drabeck, D., Blum, M.J. Resurrecting an extinct species: Archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog. (2011) Conservation Genetics 12: 1379-1385
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10592-011-0229-6