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Spring 2013
Obtaining functional data is an essential component in understanding mechanisms underlying morphological variation. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a reverse genetic technique for identifying the function of target loci through viral mediated transcript knockdown. Here we introduce this...
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Fall 2017
The first histological study of an entire hadrosaurid dental battery provides a better understanding of this complex structure. The hadrosaurid dental battery is composed of interlocking, vertically stacked columns of teeth that form a complex grinding surface. The dental battery was previously...
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A microscopic, transcriptomic, and phylogenetic investigation of the contractile vacuole of Reclinomonas americana (Jakobida, Discoba)
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The origin and timing of characteristic eukaryotic organelles is one of the key questions in the evolution of life on Earth. For the most part, widespread eukaryotic organelles (e.g., Golgi, mitochondria) have been inferred to be present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) by examining...
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A molecular assessment of range expansion of the northern or virile crayfish (Orconectes virilis), crayfish-based community co-structure, and phylogeny of crayfish-affiliated symbionts
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Geographical limits of a species’ range are determined in part by the environmental tolerances of that species, and also by its past and current ability to colonize new areas. Range shifts are a common occurrence in the evolutionary history of almost all taxa; however, anthropogenically-mediated...
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Spring 2012
Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels regulate the flow of potassium ions across the cell membrane of nerves and muscles. Proper functioning of these and other voltage-gated ion channels is critical for an animal to sense the environment and respond quickly to stimuli. Dysfunctional Kv channels,...
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Fall 2012
Conservationists have long debated how best to measure and conserve biodiversity. While many scientists called for long-term, large-scale ecological monitoring in the 1990's, the concurrent increased appreciation of statistical power and detectability-related sampling error meant that many...
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Fall 2021
Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an economically important disease in poultry, caused by the opportunistic pathogen Clostridium perfringens. Well-known as a multifactorial disease, NE development is under the influence of a wide range of environmental risk factors. Current in vivo NE challenge models...
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A new species of dercetid and the assessment of the phylogeny of the Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)
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The Enchodontoidei is an extinct suborder of a marine teleost order Aulopiformes. Most enchodontoids have been reported from deposits of the Late Cretaceous. One of the major groups in Enchodontoidei is the family Dercetidae, which is traditionally characterized by an elongate body, long snout,...