Robert D. Bradley

	Curator of Mammals, Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of TTU
	Professor, Mammalian Systematics and Molecular Evolution, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1991 M.S., Texas A&M University, 1986 B.S., Texas A&M University, 1983

Current Research:

	Systematics and molecular evolution in mammals, particularly in geomyoid and simodontine rodents. Examination of hybrid zones between genetically distinct taxa; including isolating mechanisms and the dynamics of genetic introgression. Determining the origin of hybrizymes generated from hybridization events. Chromosomal evolution and how changes in chromosome structure relate to models and mechanisms of speciation. Rapidly evolving DNA sequences and their cause and effect on chromosomal evolution and the organization of these sequences in the mammalian genome. Examination of the origin and evolution of rodent-borne viruses; especially in the use of rodent phylogenies and genetic structure to predict the transmission and evolution of the virus. Epidemiology and zoonoses of mammalian-borne viruses. Growth and utilization of natural history collections, especially those pertaining to mammals. Development of bioinformatics and how this field can better be interphased with natural history collections. Natural history and distributions of mammalian species.

Selected Publications:

	Méndez-Harclerode, Francisca M. J. Delton Hanson, Charles F. Fulhorst, Mary L. Milazzo, Donald C. Ruthven III, and Robert D. Bradley. Genetic diversity within the southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) in southern Texas. Journal of Mammalogy, 86:189-190.
	Abbott, Ken D., Mary L. Milazzo, Josh Keith, Robert D. Bradley, and Charles F. Fulhorst. Epizootiology of arenaviral infections in the white-throated woodrat (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) and other woodrats in Arizona. Journal of Vector Ecology, 29:355-364.
	Reeder, Serena A., and Robert D. Bradley. 2004. Molecular Systematics of Neotomine-Peromyscine Rodents Based on the dentin matrix protein 1 gene. Journal of Mammalogy, 85:1194-1200.
	Bradley, Robert D., Darin S. Carroll, Michelle L. Haynie, Raul Muñiz-Martínez, Meredith J. Hamilton, and C. William Kilpatrick. 2004. A new species of Peromyscus from western Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 85:1184-1193.
	Durish, Nevin D., Kristina Halcomb, C. William Kilpatrick, and Robert D. Bradley. 2004. Molecular systematics of the Peromyscus truei species group. Journal of Mammalogy, 85:1160-1169.
	Coffey, Lark L., Anne-Sophie Carrara, Slobodan Paessler, Robert D. Bradley, Michelle l. Haynie, Robert B. Tesh, and Scott C. Weaver. 2004. Experimental infection of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) from endemic and non-endemic areas with everglades virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10:2182-2188.
	Bradley, Robert D., Cody W. Edwards, Darin S. Carroll, and C. William Kilpatrick. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of Neotomine-Peromyscine rodents: based on DNA sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Journal of Mammalogy, 85:389-395.
	Bradley, Robert D., Francisca Mendez-Harclerode, Meredith J. Hamilton, and Gerardo Ceballos. 2004. A new species of Reithrodontomys from Guerrero, Mexico. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 231:i+1-12.
	Amman, Brian R., and Robert D. Bradley. 2004. Molecular evolution in Baiomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): evidence for a genetic subdivision in B. musculus. Journal of Mammalogy, 85:162-166.
	Baker, Robert J., Lisa C. Bradley, Robert D. Bradley, Jerry W. Dragoo, Mark D. Engstrom, Robert S. Hoffmann, Cheri A. Jones, Fiona Reid, Dale W. Rice, and Clyde Jones. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 229:1-23.
Full List of Publications

Laboratory Associates and Students

Other Resources:

	Dr. Bradley's web page at the Department of Biological Sciences, TTU [offsite]

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