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Interaction between SQSTM1/p62 and HDAC6: Impacts on the Aggresome-autophagy pathway and Microtubule Dynamics
(2013-11-15)
Aggresome-autophagy is a cellular degradation pathway that responds to protein misfolding stress. This pathway is particularly important because it maintains cellular homeostasis whenever the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation ...
Optimal egg incubation temperature, and the effects of diet on growth of hatchling Eastern Indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program
(2014-05-12)
Optimal husbandry techniques are desirable for any headstart program, but frequently are unknown for rare species. In this thesis I determine the optimal incubation temperature and optimal diet diversity for eastern indigo ...
Carotenoid-Based Dewlap Color as a Visual Signal in Social Communication of Brown Anoles (Norops sagrei)
(2009-02-23)
Carotenoids have been shown to be important integumentary coloring agents in many birds and fishes. The role of carotenoids as a prominent integumentary coloring agent of the dewlap has been noted in many Anoline lizards, ...
Symbiotic benefits to sea anemones from the metabolic byproducts of anemonefish
(2009-02-23)
Although anemonefishes and their giant sea anemone hosts became known to the western world in the late nineteenth century, and the first studies exploring these associations were published almost one hundred years ago, to ...
Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Revision of the Family Chiasmodontidae (Perciformes: Acanthomorpha)
(2009-08-07)
The family Chiasmodontidae, commonly known as swallowers, comprises four genera and 33 species distributed in the meso and bathypelagic regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans. The species of Chiasmodon ...
Plumage coloration and morphology in Chiroxiphia manakins: interacting effects of natural and sexual selection
(2009-02-23)
I examined how natural and sexual selection may have influenced the morphology and coloration of Chiroxiphia manakins (Aves: Pipridae). In the first chapter, I investigated age and sexrelated patterns of plumage coloration ...
Regulation of the p62 promoter by oxidative damage in neurodegenerative disease and aging
(2009-06-30)
Oxidative stress is regarded as the damage to a biological system caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) when the prooxidant overwhelms the antioxidant defense and repair ability. Growing evidence reveals that oxidative ...
Maternal effects in Columbian ground squirrels
(2009-02-23)
The phenotype of an organism is the physical expression of its genotype and is a result of both the genetic makeup of an organism and the environment it experiences. An individual’s phenotype can also be affected by the ...
Characterization of Viral Communities in Soil, Activated Sludge, and Influent
(2009-07-15)
Viruses are the most abundant yet uncharacterized biological entities on the planet. This thesis is a survey of viral communities in soil, activated sludge (AS), and influent (IN). Both culture-dependent and culture-independent ...
Xyris tennesseensis: status survey, habitat restoration/management concerns, and relation to a new xyrid, Xyris spathifolia
(2009-02-23)
Xyris tennesseensis is a federally endangered, obligate wetland, perennial herb. It inhabits calcareous seeps, fens, and spring runs with a distribution restricted to the Interior Plateau and Ridge and Valley ecoregions ...