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Author:

Parkinson, John Everett

Title:

The role of intraspecific diversity in coral-algal symbiosis ecology and evolution

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Acropora palmata
climate change
coral reef
molecular biology
stress response
Symbiodinium
symbiosis ecology
taxonomy

File:

Download parkinson_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C La Jeunesse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Alice Coffroth, Special Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Huiting

Title:

phylogenetic and functional studies on parasitism genes in Orobanchaceae and Convolulaceae

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Parasitic plants
cell wall
phylogenomics
transcriptome
molecular biology
host-induced-gene-silencing

File:

Download Huiting_Zhang_umi_agreement_papersub_submit.pdfDownload CertificateOfCompletion.pdfDownload Huiting_Zhang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Claude Walker Depamphilis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Thompson, Natalie

Title:

Biocontainment of Insect Transmitted Gene Therapy in Plants to Reduce Crop Productivity Losses

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

gene therapy
molecular biology
agricultural production
precision agriculture
whitefly
begomovirus
genetic engineering
drought tolerance
tomato plant
reporter gene

File:

Download Revised_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sairam Rudrabhatla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Wayne Curtis, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor