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GLOBAL MAPPING OF PROTEIN-NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION OF THE RLE LINE R2Bm
(2022-05-17)
The R2 Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements (LINEs) is a widely distributed site specific non-LTR retrotransposons that integrates exclusively into host genome’s 28s rRNA genes and replicate by a process called Target ...
Evaluating Headstarting as a Conservation Strategy for Anegada Rock Iguanas (Cyclura pinguis)
(2022-06-03)
In an effort to combat the current extinction crisis, conservation biologists have developed a diverse set of tools, including conservation physiology. This scientific discipline applies physiological concepts and tools ...
Use Of A Tri-axial Accelerometer, Behavioral Observation, And GPS To Monitor The Activity Of Female Asian Elephants In A Zoo
(Biology, 2013-07-22)
Wild elephants spend approximately 90% of their day actively foraging. Reduced activity in captive elephants may increase the risk of obesity and the formation of stereotypical behaviors. In order to evaluate and enhance ...
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 ...
The Interplay Of Environmental Stressors On The Life History Traits In Daphnia lumholtzi
(Biology, 2014-12)
In natural environments, organisms face multiple stressors that threaten their persistence. Aquatic organisms respond to a change in environmental conditions by adaptively modifying the expression of traits (i.e., ...
Thermal Transgenerational Plasticity and Its Effect on Competitive Ability and Consumer-Resource Dynamics in a Population of Daphnia ambigua
(2015-12-08)
Global temperature increases are predicted to quicken in pace this century, and with them so will the likely impact on natural populations. The extent to which organisms will be able to keep pace with and adapt to these ...
The Influence Of Thermal Effluent On Life History Evolution In The Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis
(Biology, 2015)
The evolutionary consequence of heated effluent on the Western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, was studied at Lake Fairfield, in Freestone County, Texas. The Lake Fairfield reservoir receives heated effluent from Luminant’s ...
The Food Habits and Feeding Behavior of New World Coral Snakes
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 1973-05-01)
This thesis considers the food habits and feeding behavior of New
World venomous coral snakes, with emphasis on Micrurus fulvius a species
that is found in the southeastern United States and northern Mexico. Literature
records ...
IMPACTS OF DAM REMOVAL ON CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS AND ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY IN HYPEREUTROPHIC UPPER KLAMATH LAKE
(2023-08-14)
The Chiloquin Dam was removed from the Sprague River in 2008 to restore the natural hydrology of Upper Klamath Lake (UKL), allow fish access to historical spawning grounds, and alleviate the effects of long-term eutrophication. ...