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Sex, War And Disease: The Effects Of Infection On Horn Size And Intra-sexual Competition In The Broad-horned Flour Beetle, Gnathocerus cornutus
(Biology, 2010-03-03)
Sexual selection is widely used to explain the evolution of mating systems where most often it is manifest as the competition among males for access to females. This competition takes the form of direct male-male interactions ...
Comparing The Genome Expression Profiles Of Verrucomicrobium Sp. Strain Tav2 Cells Grown Under Two Different Oxygen Concentrations
(Biology, 2010-11-01)
Termites are significantly different in their lifestyles and organization but most are linked by the common trait in degrading plant material, whether it is leaf litter, wood, soil or animal waste. They consume the ...
Integration Mechanism Of The Site Specific Non-LTR Retrotransposon, R2Bm
(Biology, 2010-07-19)
The focus of this thesis is the mechanistic study of non-LTR retrotransposon replication using the site specific transposon R2Bm. Non-LTR retrotransposons integrate into new chromosomal sites by copying their RNA back ...
Element Stoichiometry Of Ochromonas danica As A Function Of Growth Rate And Temperature
(Biology, 2010-03-03)
The microbial loop stresses the importance of flagellated protozoa as predators of bacteria and regenerators of nutrients, the outcome of which affects higher trophic levels. The element stoichiometry of flagellates has ...
A Tale Of Three Phytopathogens: Impact Of Transposable Elements On Genome Evolution
(Biology, 2010-07-19)
The genus Phytophthora harbors some notorious plant pathogens like Phytophthora infestans (causal of Irish potato famine), Phytophthora sojae (soybean rot agent), and Phytophthora ramorum (responsible for sudden oak ...
Role Of Repetitive DNA In Apicomplexan Genome Evolution
(Biology, 2010-07-19)
The Apicomplexa represent a phylum of obligate intracellular parasites that impart significant medical, veterinary, and socioeconomic burdens worldwide. The opportunistic, AIDS-associated, pathogen Toxoplasma gondii for ...