Browsing Department of Biology by Author "Demuth, Jeffery"
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Gene Expression Differences in Hybrids at Beginning of Speciation Continuum
Long, Nicholas A.; 0000-0002-4559-5816 (2016-09-16)The formation of new species results from reproductive isolation, or the barrier to successful mating between organisms of divergent populations. The degree of reproductive isolation can be measured by the reduction in ... -
Insights into the genomic and metabolic adaptations of Termite Associated Verrucomicrobia strains using functional and comparative genomics
Kotak, Malini Sharadkumar (2016-12-16)The symbiotic gut organisms of termites play an important role in lignocellulose digestion and other related metabolic processes. Previous studies on Diplosphaera colitermitum TAV2, a Verrucomicrobium isolated from the ... -
Reproductive Isolation In Drosophila: From Behavior To Genome
Ma, Daina (Biology, 2010-11-01)In this study, I investigate factors underlying reproductive isolation in Drosophila. I begin (Part I) by measuring behavioral isolation between Zimbabwe and cosmopolitan D. melanogaster, and asking the following questions: ... -
Sex, War And Disease: The Effects Of Infection On Horn Size And Intra-sexual Competition In The Broad-horned Flour Beetle, Gnathocerus cornutus
Naidu, Amrita (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 ... -
Synthesis And Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses Of The Causes And Consequences Of Karyotype Evolution In Arthropods
Blackmon, HeathCytogenetic data in the form of karyotypes are complex, highly-variable traits that offer opportunities to detect changes in genome organization, uncover phylogenetic history, and distinguish cryptic species. However, the ... -
The Genetics Of Hybrid Incompatibility Early In The 'speciation Continuum'
Watson, EricSpecies are discrete groups of organisms that are reproductively isolated from other related groups of organisms. Variation in the strength of reproductive isolation between closely related taxa falls along a `speciation ...