In Prep
(1) Drabeck, D.H., Alter, L., Arcila, D., Arroyave, J.A., Hendrickson, D., Borowsky, R., and McGaugh, S.E. Novel genomes of phylogenetically dispersed cavefish reveal convergent selection in the evolution of troglomorphy. (2025) Current Biology (In Prep).
In Review
(1) Melendez-Vazquez, F., Lucaci, A.G., Selberg, A., Clavel, J., Rincon-Sandoval, M., Santaquiteria, A., White, W., Drabeck, D.H., Carnevale, G., Duarte-Ribeiro, E., Miya, M., Westneat, M.W., Baldwin, C.C., Hughes, L.C., Ortí, G., Kosakovsky Pond, S.L., Betancur-R, R., and Arcila, D. Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy. Science Advances (In Review).
(2) Holding, M., Disharoon, D., Haynes, L.*, Paruchuri, B.C., Pontius, M.H.H., Golden, K., Shavit, J.A., Desch, K., Ginsburg, D., Sen Gupta, A., Cruz, Y., and Drabeck, D.H. Marsupial resistance to coagulotoxic snake venoms reveals altered von Willebrand factor behavior under flow. (2025) Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (In Review). https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.21.634112
(3) Drabeck, D.H., Anderson, M., Lusczek, E., Roback, E., Lassen, J.F., Kowalczyk, A., McGaugh, S.E., and Isles, T. Genes underlying adaptive physiological shifts among hibernating mammals. (2024) Molecular Biology and Evolution (In Review). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.15.618548
In Press
(4) Drabeck, D.H., Rensing, C., and Van der Poorten, K. Disability in ecology and evolution. (2025) Trends in Ecology & Evolution (In Press).
(5) Drabeck, D.H., Wiese*, J., Gilbertson*, E., Arroyave, J., Stiassny, M.L.J., Alter, S.E., Borowsky, R., Hendrickson, D.A., Arcila, D., and McGaugh, S.E. Gene loss and relaxed selection of plaat1 in vertebrates adapted to low-light environments. (2024) Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291:20232847.
(6) Drabeck, D.H., Holt, J., and McGaugh, S.E. Widespread convergent evolution of alpha-neurotoxin resistance in African mammals. (2022) Biology Letters, 18(11):20220361.
(7) Drabeck, D.H., Rucavado, A., Hingst-Zaher, E., Cruz, Y.P., Dean, A.M., and Jansa, S.A. Ancestrally reconstructed von Willebrand Factor reveals evidence for trench warfare coevolution between opossums and vipers. (2022a) Molecular Biology and Evolution.
(8) Drabeck, D.H., Rucavado, A., Hingst-Zaher, E., Cruz, Y.P., Dean, A.M., and Jansa, S.A. Resistance of South American opossums to vWF-binding venom C-type lectins. (2020) Toxicon, 178:92–99.
(9) Drabeck, D.H. Resistance of native species to reptile venoms. (2021) In: Mackessy, S.P. (Ed.), Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
(10) Holding, M.L.†, Drabeck, D.H.†, Jansa, S.A., and Gibbs, H.L. Venom resistance as a model for understanding the molecular basis of complex coevolutionary adaptations. (2016) Integrative and Comparative Biology, 56(5):1032–1043. †Joint lead authors
(11) Drabeck, D.H., and Jansa, S.A. 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.
(12) Drabeck, D.H., Chattfield, M., O’Malley, B., and 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.
(13) Hekkala, E., Saumure, R., Jaeger, J., Werner, H., Sredl, M., Culver, M., Bradford, D., Drabeck, D.H., and Blum, M.J. Resurrecting an extinct species: Archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog. (2011) Conservation Genetics, 12:1379–1385.
(1) Drabeck, D.H., Alter, L., Arcila, D., Arroyave, J.A., Hendrickson, D., Borowsky, R., and McGaugh, S.E. Novel genomes of phylogenetically dispersed cavefish reveal convergent selection in the evolution of troglomorphy. (2025) Current Biology (In Prep).
In Review
(1) Melendez-Vazquez, F., Lucaci, A.G., Selberg, A., Clavel, J., Rincon-Sandoval, M., Santaquiteria, A., White, W., Drabeck, D.H., Carnevale, G., Duarte-Ribeiro, E., Miya, M., Westneat, M.W., Baldwin, C.C., Hughes, L.C., Ortí, G., Kosakovsky Pond, S.L., Betancur-R, R., and Arcila, D. Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy. Science Advances (In Review).
(2) Holding, M., Disharoon, D., Haynes, L.*, Paruchuri, B.C., Pontius, M.H.H., Golden, K., Shavit, J.A., Desch, K., Ginsburg, D., Sen Gupta, A., Cruz, Y., and Drabeck, D.H. Marsupial resistance to coagulotoxic snake venoms reveals altered von Willebrand factor behavior under flow. (2025) Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (In Review). https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.21.634112
(3) Drabeck, D.H., Anderson, M., Lusczek, E., Roback, E., Lassen, J.F., Kowalczyk, A., McGaugh, S.E., and Isles, T. Genes underlying adaptive physiological shifts among hibernating mammals. (2024) Molecular Biology and Evolution (In Review). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.15.618548
In Press
(4) Drabeck, D.H., Rensing, C., and Van der Poorten, K. Disability in ecology and evolution. (2025) Trends in Ecology & Evolution (In Press).
(5) Drabeck, D.H., Wiese*, J., Gilbertson*, E., Arroyave, J., Stiassny, M.L.J., Alter, S.E., Borowsky, R., Hendrickson, D.A., Arcila, D., and McGaugh, S.E. Gene loss and relaxed selection of plaat1 in vertebrates adapted to low-light environments. (2024) Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291:20232847.
(6) Drabeck, D.H., Holt, J., and McGaugh, S.E. Widespread convergent evolution of alpha-neurotoxin resistance in African mammals. (2022) Biology Letters, 18(11):20220361.
(7) Drabeck, D.H., Rucavado, A., Hingst-Zaher, E., Cruz, Y.P., Dean, A.M., and Jansa, S.A. Ancestrally reconstructed von Willebrand Factor reveals evidence for trench warfare coevolution between opossums and vipers. (2022a) Molecular Biology and Evolution.
(8) Drabeck, D.H., Rucavado, A., Hingst-Zaher, E., Cruz, Y.P., Dean, A.M., and Jansa, S.A. Resistance of South American opossums to vWF-binding venom C-type lectins. (2020) Toxicon, 178:92–99.
(9) Drabeck, D.H. Resistance of native species to reptile venoms. (2021) In: Mackessy, S.P. (Ed.), Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
(10) Holding, M.L.†, Drabeck, D.H.†, Jansa, S.A., and Gibbs, H.L. Venom resistance as a model for understanding the molecular basis of complex coevolutionary adaptations. (2016) Integrative and Comparative Biology, 56(5):1032–1043. †Joint lead authors
(11) Drabeck, D.H., and Jansa, S.A. 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.
(12) Drabeck, D.H., Chattfield, M., O’Malley, B., and 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.
(13) Hekkala, E., Saumure, R., Jaeger, J., Werner, H., Sredl, M., Culver, M., Bradford, D., Drabeck, D.H., and Blum, M.J. Resurrecting an extinct species: Archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog. (2011) Conservation Genetics, 12:1379–1385.
Code
See https://github.com/drabe004 for all pipelines and code