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Author:

Lazzaro, Brian Paul

Title:

A population and quantitative genetic analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster antibacterial immune response

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila melanogaster
population genetics
quantitative genetics
innate immunity
antibacterial
SNP
association study
pathogen
bacteria

File:

Download thesis.PDF

Committee Members:

Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Whittam, Committee Member
Andrew Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hiroshi Akashi, Committee Member
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member

Author:

Short, Dylan Phillip

Title:

Widespread occurence and evolution of human pathogenic Fusarium

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

mycotic keratitis
opportunistic pathogens
fungi
multilocus sequence typing
phylogenetic diversity
Fusarium
population genetics
species diversity

File:

Download dissertation_contents3_merged.pdf

Committee Members:

David Michael Geiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Michael Geiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jiminez Gasco, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Eddie Holmes, Committee Member

Author:

Pettay, Daniel Tyler

Title:

Diversity, Stability and Connectivity of Symbiodinium Populations at Various Spatial Scales

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

symbiodinium
coral
zooxanthellae
population genetics
clonality
introduced species
evolution

File:

Download Pettay_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd C La Jeunesse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

Author:

Schwarz, Dietmar

Title:

Natural Hybridization and Speciation in Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

speciation via hybridization in a diploid and bise
sympatric speciation
introgressive hybridization
population genetics
host choice and acceptance behavior
Rhagoletis pomonella species group

File:

Download schwarz_complete_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce A Mc Pheron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Warren G Abrahamson Ii, Committee Member
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member

Author:

Quillen, Ellen Elizabeth

Title:

Investigating Genes Related to the Evolution of Indigenous American Skin Pigmentation

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

skin color
human evolution
natural selection
Colombia
pigmentation
population genetics

File:

Download Ellen_Quillen_eeq101_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Shriver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Shriver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Member
David Andrew Puts, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member

Author:

Bauchet, Marc Philippe

Title:

POPULATION GENOMIC STRUCTURE OF EUROPE: INFORMATIVE MARKERS, METHODS AND PHENOTYPES

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Europe
population genetics
human pigmentation
genetic ancestry

File:

Download Thesis.3.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Shriver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member
Hiroshi Akashi, Committee Member

Author:

Meisel, Richard P

Title:

GENE DUPLICATION AND CHROMOSOMAL REARRANGEMENT IN DROSOPHILA GENOMES

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

population genetics
genomics
chromosomal rearrangement
gene duplication
Drosophila
meiotic drive
sex chromosomes

File:

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Committee Members:

Claude W De Pamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Hiroshi Akashi, Committee Member
Bruce A Mc Pheron, Committee Member
Wojciech Makalowski, Committee Member

Author:

Carney, Susan Lynne

Title:

Ecological genetics of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm, Ridgeia piscesae and the hydrocarbon seep mussel, Bathymodiolus childressi

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Juan de Fuca Ridge
phenotypic plasticity
invertebrate hemoglobin
gene expression
population genetics
deep sea

File:

Download SL_Carney_-_THESIS-final_072105.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Wojciech Makalowski, Committee Member
Bruce A Mc Pheron, Committee Member
Andrew G Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Liberton, Denise Kristen

Title:

An Investigation into Genes Underlying Normal Variation in Facial Morphology in Admixed Populations

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

facial variation
genetic ancestry
natural selection
population genetics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Shriver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Committee Member
David Andrew Puts, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Demers, Jill Elissa

Title:

Evolutionary ecology of Fusarium oxysporum-plant interactions

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

ecology
endophyte
evolution of pathogenicity
nonpathogenicity
population genetics
phylogenetics

File:

Download Demers_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member