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Author:

Gontijo De Loreto, Raquel

Title:

From metabolites to continents:host-parasite interaction across spatio-temporal scales

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Host-parasites
ants
Ophiocordyceps
behavioral manipulation

File:

Download LoretoRG_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Peter Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Special Member

Author:

Fredericksen, Maridel A

Title:

Fungal parasites that manipulate ant behavior: toward a mechanistic understanding of an extended phenotype

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

parasite
Ophiocordyceps
behavioral manipulation
Camponotus
extended phenotype
scanning electron microscopy

File:

Download Final_Draft_Fredericksen.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Istvan Miko, Committee Member

Author:

Araujo, Joao Paulo

Title:

Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Myrmecophilous Ophiocordyceps

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Ophiocordyceps
Formicidae
Ants
Neotropics
Taxonomy
Evolution
Hosts-pathogens
Hypocreales

File:

Download AraujoJPM_PhD_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Benoit A Dayrat, Committee Member
n/a, Outside Member