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Author:

Piontkivska, Olena

Title:

Evolution of multigene families: histone and major histocompatibility complex genes

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

histone
H3
H4
multigene family
concerted evolution
birth-and-death evolution
purifying selection
MHC
class I
divergence time
primates

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Masatoshi Nei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member

Author:

Zaidi, Syed

Title:

Evolutionary Inference of the Human Facial Form: Insights from the Genotype-Phenotype Interface

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

face
facial shape
nose
population genetics
selection
evolution
admixture mapping
climate
quantitative genetics
geometric morphometrics
3D
Fst
facial asymmetry
facial masculinity
sexual selection
heterozygosity
MHC

File:

Download Azaidi_Dissertation_06_06_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Shriver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jaiprakash, Amrita

Title:

Absence of an Immunodominant MHC Class Ia-Restricted Epitope Elicits a Compensatory MHC Class Ib-Restricted CD8+ T Cell Response to Mouse Polyomavirus CNS Infection

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Polyomavirus
MHC
MHC class Ib
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Non-classical MHC
Mouse Polyomavirus

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aron Lukacher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia McLaughlin, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
James Connor, Committee Member