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Author:

Chen, Rubing

Title:

The Molecular Evolution of Influenza Viruses

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Molecular Evolution
Avian influenza virus
Phylogenetics
Reassortment
Transmission

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Edward Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bryan T Grenfell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Holmes, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member

Author:

Levitt, Abby Lynn

Title:

Ecology and Evolution of Dicistroviridae and Iflaviridae Species Infecting Apis mellifera and Associated Arthropods

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

Evolution
Virus
Phylogenetics
Viral Ecology

File:

Download Levitt_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelli Hoover, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Shapiro, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Park, Bongsoo

Title:

Cyber-infrastructure Supporting Fungal and Oomycete Phylogenetics and Genomics

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Fungi
Oomycete
Phylogenetics
Genomics
Database

File:

Download PSU_Thesis_BSPark-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Seogchan Kang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Christie, Max Lawrence

Title:

Biogeographic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Consequences of the Pliocene to Modern in the Western Atlantic

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Pliocene
Pleistocene
Mollusk
Coastal Plain
Plio-Pleistocene Extinction
Phylogenetics
Functional Ecology
Biogeography

File:

Download Christie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside Member

Author:

Kumar, Balaji

Title:

Characterizing Nuclear genes of Mitochdonrial origin in avian clades

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Nuclear genes of mitochondrial origin
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Bioinformatics

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Committee Members:

David Toews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zachary A Szpiech, Committee Member
Stephen Schaeffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Menendez Burns, Francisco

Title:

Genomics and Physiological Response to Cadmium and the Evolution of Heavy Metal ATPases in Theobroma cacao L.

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Cadmium stress
Heavy metal tolerance
Theobroma cacao
Gene expression
Transporter proteins
HMA gene family
Phylogenetics
RNA sequencing
Differential gene expression
Abiotic stress response
Functional genomics
Metal detoxification
Vacuolar sequestration
Photosynthesis inhibition
Stomatal conductance
Hormone regulation
Abscisic acid
Transcriptomics
Orthogroup analysis
Synteny analysis
Evolutionary biology
Bioinformatics
Plant physiology
Environmental adaptation
Mixed linear models
Experimental design optimization
ICP-OES metal quantification
Yeast complementation assays
Stress signaling pathways

File:

Download Thesis_FranciscoMenendez_w_revisionsv4pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Siela Maximova, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erin Connolly, Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Claude Depamphilis, Outside Unit Member
Gabriele Monshausen, Outside Field Member

Author:

Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A

Title:

PHYLOTRANSCRIPTOMICS, TAXONOMY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN-ENDEMIC MISTLETOES DENDROPEMON (LORANTHACEAE)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Loranthaceae
Viscaceae
Santalaceae
Arceuthobium
Phoradendron
Dendrophthora
Psittacanthus
Oryctanthus
Passovia
Dendropemon
Endemism
West Indies
Phylogenetics
Transcriptome
Antilles
Fruit Dispersal
Parasitic Plants
Caribbean Islands
Caribbean Flora
Endemic Plants

File:

Download Caraballo_dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Outside Member

Author:

Feng, Guanhua

Title:

The roles of Pollen Wall Formation1 in gene expression regulation and pollen wall deposition in Arabidopsis

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Plant reproductive development
Anther and pollen development
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs)
Histone deacetylases (HDACs)
HID domain
Phylogenetics
Transcriptomic analysis
Comparative genomics
Chromatin remodeling
Pollen wall formation
Sporopollenin
metabolic biosynthesis
transcriptional regulation
Arabidopsis
Exine and Sexine layer
Scanning electronic microscopy

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Committee Members:

Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Hong Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Anderson, Outside Field Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Unit Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Major Field Member