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Author:

Jochua, Celestina Nhagupana

Title:

Deploying root traits for African bean breeding

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Common bean
root traits
heritability
low phosphorus
root phenotyping
root hairs

File:

Download CJochua_final_PhD_dissertation_APRIL_5__2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Christ, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member

Author:

Ohlson, Erik William

Title:

Genetic characterization and mapping of late blight resistance genes in the wild tomato accessions PI 163245 and PI 224710

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

late blight resistance
QTL mapping
tomato breeding
plant pathology
parent-offspring correlation
heritability

File:

Download OhlsonDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Majid R Foolad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Borriello, Giulia Alexandra

Title:

The Intergenerational Transmission of Mathematics Achievement: A Genetically Informed Study

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

mathematics achievement
intergenerational transmission
behavioral genetics
parenting
heritability
mathematics development
gene-environment interplay

File:

Download Borriello_Dissertation_11NOV2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Outside Member

Author:

Novelo Canto, Mario

Title:

ARBOVIRUS INFECTION DYNAMICS IN THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

DENV
CHIKV
dengue
chikungunya
mosquito
Aedes aegypti
infection dynamics
within-vector infection
EIP
intra-host
viral kinetics
co-infection
serotype
DENV-2
DENV-3
Wolbachia
TEP3
CECH
heritability
genetic correlation
mosquito immunity

File:

Download Mario_Novelo-Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Rasgon, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Outside Unit Member
David Kennedy, Outside Field Member

Author:

Haagen (He/Him/His), Isaac William

Title:

Genetic parameters of dairy calf and heifer health

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (PHD)

Keywords:

serum total protein
dairy calf health
heritability

File:

Download Haagen_Dissertation_v2_updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Chad Dechow, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arlyn Heinrichs, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Harvatine, Major Field Member
Wansheng Liu, Major Field Member
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair

Author:

McGuire, Daniel

Title:

Methods for assessing replicability in GWAS and analyzing large-scale Electronic Health Record datasets.

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics (PHD)

Keywords:

replicability
GWAMA
GWAS
EHR
mixed-model
mixture-model
spatial random effects
pollution
PheWAS
heritability
family study
meta-analysis
variance components
two-level mixture model
random effects

File:

Download DanMcGuire_dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Berg, Program Head/Chair
Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qunhua Li, Outside Unit Member
Arthur Berg, Major Field Member
John Elfar, Outside Field Member