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Author:: Firth, Cadhla Brooke
Title:: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Origin and Spread of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: nucleotide substitution rates
codivergence
phylogeography
DNA viruses
RNA viruses
emerging infectious diseases
File:: Download Firth.Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Benjamin Edward Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bryan T Grenfell, Committee Member
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member
Edward C Holmes, Committee Member

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Author:: Pettay, Daniel Tyler
Title:: Diversity, Stability and Connectivity of Symbiodinium Populations at Various Spatial Scales
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: symbiodinium
coral
zooxanthellae
population genetics
clonality
introduced species
evolution
File:: Download Pettay_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Todd C La Jeunesse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

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Author:: Simmons, Heather Elaine
Title:: THE EFFECT OF TRANSMISSION MODE ON GENETIC DIVERSITY IN ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
intra-host genetic diversity
seed transmission
potyvirus
transmission bottleneck
File:: Download simmons_thesis_final_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew George Stephenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Holmes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member

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Author:: Lavine, Jennie Sara
Title:: Pertussis on the Rise: Population Dynamical Effects of Waning Immunity
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Disease Dynamics
Mathematical Models
Epidemiology
Whooping Cough
File:: Download The_thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Ottar N Bjornstad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member

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Author:: Rabaa, Maia Anita
Title:: The molecular evolution and phylogeography of dengue viruses in Asia
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: dengue
molecular evolution
phylogeography
virus evolution
File:: Download RabaaMA.Dissertation.FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

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Author:: Beck-johnson, Lindsay Mclean
Title:: Temperature impacts on mosquito population dynamics and malaria transmission
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Mosquito Population Dynamics
Temperature
Delayed Differential Equations
Malaria
Age Structure
File:: Download LMBeck-JohnsonDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ottar N Bjornstad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member
William Nelson, Special Member

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Author:: Glunt, Katey Diana
Title:: Understanding the consequences of sub-lethal insecticide concentrations for insecticide resistance management and malaria control
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Mosquito
Anopheles
insecticide
insecticide resistance
mosquito control
malaria control
Plasmodium
File:: Download K._Glunt_Biology_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member
Christopher Albert Mullin, Committee Member

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Author:: Parkinson, John Everett
Title:: The role of intraspecific diversity in coral-algal symbiosis ecology and evolution
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Acropora palmata
climate change
coral reef
molecular biology
stress response
Symbiodinium
symbiosis ecology
taxonomy
File:: Download parkinson_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C La Jeunesse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Alice Coffroth, Special Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member

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Author:: Bodnar, Todd James
Title:: Data Science with Social Media for Epidemiology and Public Health
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: data mining
data science
data
twitter
google
facebook
apple
amazon
amazon web services
hive
apache
hadoop
java
big data
File:: Download ToddBodnar-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Marcel Salathé, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
John Yen, Special Member

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Author:: Wale, Nina
Title:: Resource competition and the evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasites.
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: within-host dynamics
competition
drug resistance
malaria
evolution & ecology of infectious disease
File:: Download Wale_PhDDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Manuel Llinas, Committee Member
Troy Day, Special Member

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