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Author:: Kvikstad, Erika Marit
Title:: Mechanisms Of Insertion And Deletion Mutations: Rate Variation, Context Specificity, And Impact On Primate Sex Chromosome Evolution
Graduate Program:: Genetics
Keywords:: indels
mutagenesis
comparative genomics
molecular evolution
biostatistics
File:: Download KvikstadEM_thesis_072009.pdf
Committee Members:: Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member

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Author:: Lawson, Heather Alane
Title:: Molecular Evolutionary Underpinnings of Craniofacial Growth and Development
Graduate Program:: Anthropology
Keywords:: genomics
primate
molecular evolution
craniofacial
genotype
phenotype
File:: Download Lawson2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member
Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

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Author:: Ko, Wen-Ya
Title:: Molecular phylogeny and evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: telomeric base composition evolution
codon bias evolution
Drosophila melanogaster subgroup
molecular phylogeny
molecular evolution
nucleotide polymorphism and divergence
File:: Download Thesis_Bio_WenYaKo.pdf
Committee Members:: Hiroshi Akashi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhou, Yang
Title:: comparative studies of the molecular evolution of RNA viruses and hepadnaviruses
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: hepadnavirus
comparative study
molecular evolution
RNA virus
File:: Download YangThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Holmes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Koslicki, David Mark
Title:: Substitution Markov chains with applications to molecular evolution
Graduate Program:: Mathematics
Keywords:: Random Substitution
Substitution Markov chain
molecular evolution
topological entropy
topological pressure
symbolic dynamic
File:: Download DavidKoslicki-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Manfred Heinz Denker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manfred Heinz Denker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Omri Sarig, Committee Member
Yakov B Pesin, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Special Member

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Author:: Zhang, Yan
Title:: Molecular Evolutionary Analysis of Plastid Genomes in Nonphotosynthetic Angiosperms and Cancer Cell Lines
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: Plastid genome
parasitic plant
molecular evolution
cancer cell lines
File:: Download 1-Zhang.Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Claude W De Pamphilis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member

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Author:: Rabaa, Maia Anita
Title:: The molecular evolution and phylogeography of dengue viruses in Asia
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: dengue
molecular evolution
phylogeography
virus evolution
File:: Download RabaaMA.Dissertation.FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Xinru
Title:: Exploring DNA Changes That Shape Human Evolution
Graduate Program:: Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)
Keywords:: comparative genetics
molecular evolution
primate
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Committee Members:: David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Schaeffer, Major Field Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Field Member
Kateryna Makova, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Chiaromonte, Outside Unit Member

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