1. INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF EXPANSIN FUNCTION USING IN VITRO, IN VIVO, AND PHYLOGENETIC METHODOLOGIES Open Access Author: Hepler, Nathan Kent Title: INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF EXPANSIN FUNCTION USING IN VITRO, IN VIVO, AND PHYLOGENETIC METHODOLOGIES Graduate Program: Plant Biology Keywords: expansinplant cell wallgene family evolutionSpirodela polyrhizaZostera marinaUtricularia gibbaCRISPR/Cas9root hairin vitro evolution File: Download Hepler-dissertation-final.pdf Committee Members: Daniel J Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorDaniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMichael Axtell, Committee MemberClaude Walker Depamphilis, Committee MemberYinong Yang, Outside MemberTeh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair