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Completion of RLE LINE Integration Involves an Open "4-Way" Branched DNA Intermediate
(2020-05-29)
Long Interspersed Elements (LINEs), also known as non-LTR retrotransposons, encode a multifunctional protein that reverse transcribes its mRNA into DNA at the site of insertion by target primed reverse transcription. The ...
Combating Bacterial Infections with In-Situ Detection and Antibiotic Technology
(2020-08-10)
Currently, there is a looming crisis in the field of antibacterial drug therapy. The emergence of antibacterial drug resistance because of poor antibacterial stewardship, coupled with booming elderly populations, economic ...
THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN DAPHNIA SP.
(2020-08-11)
Understanding how environmentally-induced variation ultimately leads to speciation is a main component of evolutionary ecology. This dissertation uses Daphnia in experimental and comparative studies to address several ...
TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION OF TOADS (ANURA: BUFONIDAE) IN THE SUNDA SHELF OF INDONESIA
(2020-09-04)
After Van Kampen’s 1905–1911 visit to Indonesia culminating in his Amphibians of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (1923), there has been no extensive herpetological exploration and compendium for Indonesia, particularly for ...
Ensemble and Consensus Species Distribution Modeling Approaches Applied to Freshwater Fish
(2020-05-19)
The field of species distribution modeling has expanded rapidly over the past two decades along with increasing computing capability and the introduction of novel analytical techniques. SDMs relate species occurrence to ...
POPULATION GENOMICS AND CONSERVATION OF TEXAS CAVE AND SPRING SALAMANDERS (PLETHODONTIDAE: EURYCEA)
(2020-08-18)
Understanding species boundaries and gene flow among the cave and spring salamanders of the central Texas region (genus Eurycea) has been a challenge for many decades. Although previous research has greatly increased our ...
Stream Biodiversity and Co-occurrence Network Topology along Sub-continental to Global Nutrient and Land Use Gradients
(2020-07-21)
Freshwaters are some of the most vulnerable ecosystems to global change forces, such as land use and eutrophication, implicated in the loss of biodiversity and biotic homogenization (increased similarity) of species ...
Population and reproductive dynamics of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Texas reservoirs: Predicting the sustainability of zebra mussel populations in warmer waters
(2020-05-28)
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are highly invasive freshwater bivalve mollusks, introduced to the United Sates in the late 1980’s, and known for forming dense colonies that can encrust boat hulls and motors, damage ...