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Variation in morphology and physiology of introduced populations of the Virile Crayfish, Faxonius virilis Hagen 1870
(2018-04-23)
Crayfish often show high levels of morphological variation between and within populations. Studies have shown that environmental factors can play a role in determining external morphology. Increased levels of phenotypic ...
Broad characterization of structural variation and genetic differentiation in two hybridizing macaque species
(2018-07-25)
Speciation and hybridization drive all of the biodiversity seen on the plant. Understanding underlying mechanisms of these cornerstones of evolutionary genetics if of vital importance. Here we seek to apply a combination ...
Application of High-Throughput Sequencing Methods to Spider Phylogenomics and Speciation with a Focus on the Mygalomorph Genus Aptostichus
(2018-04-24)
Spiders are massively abundant generalist arthropod predators that are found in nearly every ecosystem on the planet and have persisted for over 380 million years. Spiders have long served as evolutionary models for studying ...
Deep genetic divergence in the Deep South: An integrative approach to species delimitation reveals the paraphyletic nature of speciation in the trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia.
(2018-01-09)
Mygalomorph spiders house an incredible amount of cryptic genetic information, making them an excellent model for species delimitation. An integrative approach to species delimitation uses multiple lines of evidence to ...
Body shape evolution of African/Asian minnows of the genus Labeo Cuvier 1817 (Cyprinidae, Labeonini) and variations in Labeo parvus
(2018-07-30)
Morphological variation or similarities among organisms are not only a result of common evolutionary history but can also emerge because of convergent adaptations to similar habitats. Therefore, an organism’s morphology ...
An Investigation of Species Relationships within Marshallia Schreb. [Asteraceae] and Mitochondrial Genomes within Poaceae
(2018-04-24)
Genomic sequencing has become ubiquitous within the discipline of Biology. Here I use
two case studies in which whole genomic DNA facilitates answers to foundational biological
questions for organisms that do not have ...
CRF2 and its role in cytokinin response and abiotic stress
(2018-07-24)
Cytokinin Response Factors are a small family of plant transcription factors originally discovered in a screen for genes whose expression is controlled by cytokinin. Cytokinin is a plant hormone known to be involved in ...
Comparative genomics of cis-regulatory elements in Cytokinin Response Factors across the plant taxa
(2018-07-10)
Expression patterns of genes are controlled by short regions of DNA in promoter regions known as cis-regulatory elements. How expression patterns change due to alterations in cis-regulatory elements after genes duplicate ...
Physiological and behavioral effects of photosynthetically-active radiation on rosetip sea anemones Condylactis gigantea: Tolerance limits and growth
(2018-07-24)
Irradiance is an abiotic factor that strongly affects the metabolism of endosymbiotic Symbiodinium within photosynthetic cnidarians such as rose tip sea anemones Condylactis gigantea. Fluctuations in the intensity of ...
Maternal nesting behavior in lizards enhances colonization of urban environments
(2018-11-15)
Lizards occupy diverse habitats around the world from dense forests to arid deserts. The environments in which lizards exist pose different challenges for nesting females because embryo development is directly affected by ...