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Author:

Carey, Robert Earl

Title:

The evolution of the expansin gene superfamily in basal land plant lineages: studies of expansins in <i>Physcomitrella patens</i> and <i>Selaginella moellendorffii</i>

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

expansins
gene family evolution
gene superfamily
Selaginella moellendorffii
Physcomitrella patens
plant phylogenetics
plant growth and development

File:

Download Carey_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Wei

Title:

EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF A ZINC FINGER HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN FAMILY

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

floral ESTs
MIF
ZHD
zinc finger homeodomain proteins
gene family evolution
plant hormones
seedling development
shoot meristem
leaf serration
Arabidopsis

File:

Download Disseration-WeiHu-for-Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude W De Pamphilis, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Paula C Mc Steen, Committee Member

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:

expansin
plant cell wall
gene family evolution
Spirodela polyrhiza
Zostera marina
Utricularia gibba
CRISPR/Cas9
root hair
in vitro evolution

File:

Download Hepler-dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair