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Author:

Wallace, Andre George

Title:

MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF INVERSION BREAKPOINT REGIONS IN DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Chromosomal inversion
breakpoints
gene conversion
Drosophila pseudoobscura
Population Genetics
Recombination

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Poss, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member

Author:

Marcus, Adam I

Title:

Structural and Mechanochemical Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Plant Cell Function

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

meiosis
spindle
ATK1
KATA
mitosis
guard cell
kinesin

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Wijeratne, Asela J

Title:

EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF GENES INVOLVED IN EARLY ANTHER DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

Anther Development
meiosis

File:

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Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member

Author:

Surcel, Alexandra

Title:

Interactions Between the Cohesin Complex and Its DNA Partners: A Structural and Phylogenetic Approach

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Cohesin
CAR
Sister Chromatid Cohesion
SMC
Structural Maintenance of Chromosome
Yeast
Minichromosome Affinity Purification
MAP
Phylogeny
TEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Douglas Koshland, Committee Member

Author:

Bliss, Barbara Joanne

Title:

INVESTIGATING EVOLUTION OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT IN BASAL ANGIOSPERMS

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

AAGP
FGP
horticulture
TCP
basal angiosperms
Aristolochia fimbriata
genome size
transformation
regeneration

File:

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Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siela Maximova, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Feng, Baomin

Title:

TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND POST TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION IN ARABIDOPSIS REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

reproductive
Arabidopsis
anther
proteomics
transcriptional

File:

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Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member

Author:

Hord, Carey LeeAnna Hendrix

Title:

ROLES OF THE CLAVAT1 AND ERECTA CLADES IN ARABIDOPSIS ANTHER DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

CLAVATA1
anther
Arabidopsis
Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases
ERECTA

File:

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Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member

Author:

Hayes, Clair Nelson

Title:

Factors affecting the magnitude of inbreeding depression in male and female function in Cucurbita pepo spp. texana (Cucurbitaceae)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

inbreeding
inbreeding depression
mating systems
Cucurbita
pollen
male function

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Alan Winsor, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Member

Author:

Ruan, Chun

Title:

The DNA Repair Protein yKu80 Regulates the Recombination Enhancer during Yeast Mating Type Switching

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

yKu80
mating type switching
chromatin structure
recombination enhancer

File:

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Committee Members:

Song Tan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Jerry L Workman, Committee Member

Author:

Valdivia, Elene Ruth

Title:

Role of Maize Expansins in Reproductive Development

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

Expansins
Maize
pollen
pollen allergens

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Guanfang

Title:

MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF TWO ARABIDOPSIS GENES CRITICAL FOR MICROSPOROGENESIS

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

Arabidopsis
meiosis
cyclin
SDS
EMS

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Romero-Angulo, Hernan Mauricio

Title:

ON THE ROLE OF THE ENZYME PEPTIDE METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE IN THE RESPONSE OF ARABIDOPSIS PLANTS TO OXIDATIVE STRESS

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

methionine sulfoxide reductase
PMSR
Arabidopsis
oxidative stress

File:

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Committee Members:

Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eva Joy Pell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member

Author:

Cui, Hongchang

Title:

Dissecting the Mechanism Underlying Epigenetic Activation of the Maize <I>Spm</I> Transposon by the Element-Encoded TnpA Protein

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

transposon
<I>Spm</I>
Epigenetic
demethylation
methylation
demethylase
TnpA
transposase
inducible promoter
transcription
chromatin

File:

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Committee Members:

Nina Fedoroff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry L Workman, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member

Author:

Seidl-Adams, Irmgard Helga

Title:

Phytohormones in Arabidopsis thaliana during Pseudomonas syringae infection.

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato
Salicylic acid
Jasmonic acid
auxin
coronatine
CYP79B2B3
defense signaling

File:

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Committee Members:

John Charles Schultz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member

Author:

Ambrose, Jonathan Christian

Title:

The Roles of Molecular Motors and Microtubule Dynamics in Assembly and Function of the Higher Plant Mitotic Spindle

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

mitosis
kinesin
molecular motor
cytoskeleton
microtubule
spindle
cell

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Swanson, John-David

Title:

Flower development in Theobroma cacao L.: An assessment of morphological and molecular conservation of floral development between Arabidopsis thaliana and Theobroma cacao

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Flower development
Theobroma cacao
Arabidopsis
morphology
genomics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edward Carlson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Malcos, Jennelle Leigh

Title:

UNDERSTANDING NOVEL PROTEIN FUNCTION FROM PROTEIN DOMAINS IN THE PLANT KINESIN SUPERFAMILY

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

kinesins
preprophase band

File:

Download Malcos-Dissertationpdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Duarte, Jill Marie

Title:

The Impact of Gene Duplication on Molecular Evolution in Flowering Plants

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

regulatory genes
basal angiosperms
phylogenomics
454
pyrosequencing
ESTs
angiosperms
single copy nuclear genes
gene duplication
expression divergence

File:

Download DuarteDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Psathas, James Nicholas

Title:

Analysis of the Histone N-termini in Transcriptional Regulation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

chromatin
histone modifications
transcription
H3
H4
Set2
transcription elongation
splicing
transcription termination
methylation

File:

Download JNP_Dissertation_v10.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph C. Reese, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Nam, Jongmin

Title:

Evolution of two gene families controlling the fundamental processes of eukaryotic development: MADS-box gene family and homeobox gene family

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

MADS-box gene
Homeobox gene
Molecular evolution
comparative genomics
functional differentiation

File:

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Committee Members:

Masatoshi Nei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Claude W De Pamphilis, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member