Mark Alan Hershkovitz
Mark Alan Hershkovitz is an American biochemist and taxonomist.
In 1981 he received his Bachelor of Science from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Master of Science and PhD degrees from University of California, Davis, in 1986 and 1990; his focus in his doctoral program was botany. Afterwards, he worked for the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics at the Smithsonian Institution as a postdoctoral scientist, and he joined the National Center for Biotechnology Information as a fellow under the Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award.
he is doing independent research in Chile.
Taxa (re)named by Hershkovitz
- Cistanthe amaranthoides Carolin ex Hershk.
- C. arenaria Carolin ex Hershk.
- C. calycina Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.celosioides Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.cephalophora Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.coquimbensis Carolin ex Hershk.
- C.cymosa Hershk.
- C. densiflora Hershk.
- C. monandra Hershk.
Works
- Hershkovitz, M.A. & Zimmer, E.A. 2000. Ribosomal DNA evidence and disjunctions of western American Portulacaceae Mol. Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 419–439.
- Hershkovitz M.A., Arroyo M.T.K, Bell C., and Hinojosa L.F 2006
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