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Frank T.
Burbrink
Assistant Professor
Biology
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Frank T. Burbrink
Assistant Professor
Office
: Building 6S
Room 131
Phone
: 718.982.3961
Fax
: 718.982.3852
burbrink@mail.csi.cuny.edu
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Degrees :
BS, University of Illinois (Urbana)
MS, University of Illinois (Urbana)
PhD, Louisiana State University
Biography / Academic Interests
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Professor Burbrink's research focuses on understanding phylogenetic relationships within various snake, lizard and amphibian groups and species. For more information, visit Professor Burbrink's research page at http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/~fburbrink/Research/index.htm
Scholarships / Publications
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Selected Publications:
R. Lawson, J.B. Slowinski, B.I. Crother and F.T. Burbrink. 2005. Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.37: 581-601.
Burbrink, F. T. 2005. Inferring the phylogenetic position of Boa constrictor among the Boinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167-180.
Rossman, D. A. and F. T. Burbrink. 2005. Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex. Ocassional Papers of the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science 79.
Lawson, R., J. Slowinski, and F.T. Burbrink. 2004. A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake Xenophidion schaeferi among the Alethinophidia. Journal of Zoology 263: 285-294.
Burbrink, F. T. 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 465-476.
Burbrink, F.T., 2001 Systematics of the North American Rat Snake Complex (Elaphe obsoleta): Herpetological Monographs 15: 1-53.
Burbrink, F.T., R. Lawson and J.B. Slowinski, 2000. Molecular phylogeography of the North American rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta):a critique of the subspecies concept. Evolution 54 (6): 2107-2114.
Burbrink, F.T., C.A. Phillips, and E. Heske. 1998. A riparian zone in southern Illinois as a potential corridor for reptiles and amphibians. Biological Conservation 86: 107-115.
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