Browsing Department of Biology by Author "Castoe, Todd"
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DEVELOPING APPROACHES THAT LEVERAGE NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TO STUDY BROAD BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Hales, Nicole; 0000-0003-0405-6944 (2019-11-18)The advent of Next Generation Sequencing has been an extremely powerful tool in transforming the way we answer biological questions today. With the price per base pair continuously decreasing, and throughput, sequencing ... -
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS REVEALS THE MECHANISMS AND EVOLUTION OF EXTREME PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN SNAKES
Perry, Blair William (2021-04-28)Previous studies examining post-feeding organ regeneration in the Burmese python (Python molurusbivittatus) have identified thousands of genes that are significantly differentially regulated during this process. However, ... -
Growth and stress response mechanisms underlying post-feeding organ regenerative growth in snakes
Andrew, Audra Leann; 0000-0002-5428-7137 (2017-08-24)Snakes represent an emerging model in biological research and provide a valuable system for studying multiple extreme phenotypes unparallel to those seen in mammals. Recently, snakes have become increasingly used in studies ... -
LEVERAGING POPULATION GENOMICS ACROSS TWO TAXONOMICALLY DIVERSE NON-MODEL SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND PATTERNS OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND CONSEQUENCES OF HYBRIDIZATION
Nikolakis, Zachary Lamar; 0000-0002-7412-2508 (2023-05-10)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/10/2025** ABSTRACT: The field of population genomics has been mainly applied to questions centered around understanding molecular variation, impacts of evolutionary ... -
POPULATION GENOMICS AND CONSERVATION OF TEXAS CAVE AND SPRING SALAMANDERS (PLETHODONTIDAE: EURYCEA)
Corbin, Andrew Brian; 0000-0002-5084-4821 (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 ... -
Rattlesnake genomics illustrate patterns of speciation, adaptation, and links between genome structure and function
Schield, Drew Roberts; 0000-0001-7854-9480 (2019-08-13)Understanding the origins of species and biological novelties that allow them to thrive in diverse environments is a key goal in evolutionary biology, and new genomic methods are constantly enabling research using non-model ... -
Using snake genomes to illuminate the patterns and mechanisms of rapid adaptation
Card, Daren Carter; 0000-0002-1629-5726 (2018-08-01)One of the most important and interesting goals in evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms generating biodiversity and adaptive novelty. Ever-evolving genomic techniques have served as a catalyst for this work, ... -
The Venomous Rattlesnakes And New World Coral Snakes: Molecular Systematics, Biogeography And The Evolution Of Venom Systems
Reyes Velasco, JacoboMiddle America is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world, however it is also one with some of the highest rates of biodiversity loss. Reptiles are especially diverse in this region, and are a very important ... -
WHO CARES ABOUT MODELS WHEN YOU HAVE GENOMES?
Adams, Richard Hunter (2019-05-14)There is no question about it: genomic data are revolutionizing biology. This is certainly evident in the fields of population genetics and phylogenetics for which genome-scale analyses have been used to study a myriad ...