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Spring 2023
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a neurodegenerative prion disease of cervids, is geographically spreading across North America and Northern Europe. Wild cervids are infected by CWD disproportionately by species and sex. The precise mechanisms and animal behaviours that contribute to the patterns...
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Detection probability of the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus): Implications for developing habitat use models
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As old-growth forest ecosystems become increasingly scarce in North America, the need to accurately and efficiently survey, monitor, and model old-growth specialists and keystone species, such as the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), becomes increasingly important. Little is known about...
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Determining The Critical Weight Of The Rocky Mountain Wood Ticks Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (Acari: Ixodidae)
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The feeding cycle of female ixodid ticks is divided into preparatory, slow and rapid feeding phases. Female ticks, virgin or mated, reach a ‘critical weight’ (CW; 10-13X the unfed weight) at the transition between the slow and rapid feeding phases, which is characterized by several physiological...
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Developing and Assessing an Environmental DNA Protocol for Detecting Amphibian Species in Lentic Systems in Alberta, Canada
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Global declines of amphibian populations have resulted in increased interest in determining and monitoring the geographic ranges for both endangered and invasive amphibian species. Monitoring programs rely on detection techniques to amass data, techniques that must be dependable in order to...
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Fall 2011
Metabolomics aims to study all small-molecule compounds (i.e. metabolites) in cells, tissues, or biofluids. These compounds provide a functional readout of the physiological, developmental, and pathological state of a biological system. The field of metabolomics has expanded rapidly over the last...
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Fall 2015
Since the mid-2000’s there has been a major shift in molecular ecology to the use of genomic methodologies. These methods utilize genome-wide sampling of genetic variation and allow for consideration of questions that cannot be answered with a handful of microsatellite markers or a few gene...
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Development and Evolution of Complex Reproductive Traits in the Brassicaceae and Cleomaceae
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Flowering plants exhibit a bewildering diversity of forms, which raises fundamental questions on how that diversity arises. A cornerstone of evolutionary developmental biology is the expansion of comparative landscapes and establishment of focal clades that enable investigation of complex and...
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Spring 2017
The shells of molluscs are a beautiful and intriguing tool for studying both the evolution and development of novel morphologies. The mantle secretes a logarithmically spiraled shell through accretionary growth at the apertural margin, not unlike a 3D printer adding material layer by layer. Shell...