Dr. Rebecca Hunter  Assistant Professor of Biology B.S., Abilene Christian University, 2001 M.S., Texas A&M University, 2004 Ph.D., Auburn University, 2009 Phone: 325.674.2182 Email: Research interests: Marine invertebrate phylogeography, ophiuroid systematics, Antarctic phylogeography/population genetics Publications: Cox, L.N., Hunter, R.L. & Halanych, K.M. (Submitted) Phylogeography of Sterechinus (Echinoidea: Echinodermata) from South American and Antarctic waters. Biological Bulletin Hunter, R.L. & Halanych, K.M. (2010) Phylogeography of the Antarctic planktotrophic brittle star Ophionotus victoriae reveals genetic structure inconsistent with early life history. Marine Biology , 157: 1693–1704. Hunter, R.L. & Halanych, K.M. (2008) Evaluating connectivity in the brooding brittle star Astrotoma agassizii across the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Heredity, 99: 137–148. Hunter, R.L., Webb, M.S., Iliffe, T.M. & Alvarado Bremer, J.R. (2008) Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cave-adapted shrimp genus Typhlatya (Atyidae) in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic. Journal of Biogeography, 35: 65–75. Wilson, N.G., Hunter, R.L., Lockhart, S.J. & Halanych, K.M. (2007) Absence of panmixia in the Antarctic ‘circumpolar’ crinoid Promachocrinus kerguelensis Carpenter, 1888. Marine Biology, 152: 895–904. Hunter, R.L. (2007) Morphological cladistic analysis of Ophiurolepis Matsumoto, 1915 (Ophiurida: Ophiuridae) from the Southern Ocean. Zootaxa, 1401: 33–51. Hunter, R.L., LaJeunesse, T.C. & Santos, S.R. (2007) Structure and evolution of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region 2 in the symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyta). Journal of Phycology, 43: 120–128.
Belcher, R.L. & Lee, T.E., Jr. (2002) Arctocephalus townsendi. Mammalian Species, 700: 1–5. | Current Undergraduate Students  Alexander Hill B.S. in Biology expected May 2014 Working on amplifying 16S, 18S and 28S rDNA genes  Zak Kroeger B.S. in Biochemistry expected May 2013, pre-med concentration Working on amplifying 16S gene Former Undergraduate Students  Brittany Armenta B.S. in Biology, May 2012, pre-med concentration Currently attending medical school at UTHSC at San Antonio Worked on amplifying 16S, 18S and 28S rDNA genes  Shannon Rose B.S. in Biology, May 2012, organismal biology concentration Worked on amplifying 16S, 18S and 28S rDNA genes McNair Scholar during summer of 2011  B.S. in Biology expected May 2013, pre-med concentration Worked on amplifying 16S rDNA gene McNair Scholar during summer of 2012 |
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