Biology Department Student Theses 2011-12

Neurons are polarized cells with specialized processes known as dendrites that receive environmental stimuli and transduce that input to the cell body, or soma. Dendrites [...]

The appropriate taxonomic organization of Pleurothallis (subtribe Pleurothallidinae, family Orchidaceae) and its subgenera has been debated for more than a century. Recen [...]

Changes to wild-type p53 that make it partially or completely lose or alter its function, to enable the progression of tumors, occur in ~ 50% cancers, highlighting the ro [...]Self-submitted advisor was Ralph Betrand. Confirmed with Biology department that primary thesis advisor was Phoebe Lostroh.

Reversed sexual size dimorphism (RSSD), where females within a given species are larger than their male counterparts, is a phenomena observed across a few avian taxa incl [...]

The "hotter is better" hypothesis states that the rate-depressing effects of low temperature cannot be compensated by acclimation or adaptation. In the present study we t [...]Self-submitted thesis without title page. Cataloger created document with title page by merging title page from library print copy and text from self-submitted thesis.

The ubiquitin proteosome system (UPS) functions in the cell to mark specific proteins for degradation. E3 ubiquitin ligases act as recognition factors and increase the sp [...]