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101. THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID ON RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR (RAR)- AND PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-β/δ (PPARβ/δ)-DEPENDENT SIGNALING IN THE HUMAN NT2/D1 TESTICULAR EMBRYONAL CANCER CELL LINE

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Open Access
Author:
Dobrzanski, Tomasz Pawel
Title:
THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID ON RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR (RAR)- AND PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-β/δ (PPARβ/δ)-DEPENDENT SIGNALING IN THE HUMAN NT2/D1 TESTICULAR EMBRYONAL CANCER CELL LINE
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
testicular cancer
embryonal carcinoma
all-trans retinoic acid (atRA)
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-β/δ (PPARβ/δ)
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Katriona Shea, Thesis Honors Advisor

102. PP2A-PR72: Interactions with β[Heavy]-Spectrin and Investigation of Roles in Apical Polarity and Endosomal Trafficking

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Open Access
Author:
Travor, Mark D
Title:
PP2A-PR72: Interactions with β[Heavy]-Spectrin and Investigation of Roles in Apical Polarity and Endosomal Trafficking
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Actin
Cytoskeleton
Drosophila
Spectrin
PP2A
File:
Download Travor_Mark_PP2A_and_BetaH_Roles_in_Endosomal_Trafficking_and_Polarity.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Graham Hugh Thomas, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Axtell, Thesis Honors Advisor

103. Spatial distribution by size and age and allometric relationships of a spruce population in west Greenland

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Open Access
Author:
Mistrick, Janine
Title:
Spatial distribution by size and age and allometric relationships of a spruce population in west Greenland
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Picea glauca
P. glauca
Kangerlussuaq
Greenland
climate change
ecology
Arctic
spruce
white spruce
novel ecosystem
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Eric S Post, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

104. Interactions of Hsp23, FoxO, and ESCRTIII-Vps24 in Mediating Proteostasis in Drosophila melanogaster Flight Motor Cells

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Open Access
Author:
Fatima, Shahroz
Title:
Interactions of Hsp23, FoxO, and ESCRTIII-Vps24 in Mediating Proteostasis in Drosophila melanogaster Flight Motor Cells
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurodegeneration
proteostasis
heat shock
Hsp23
FoxO
ESCRTIII
Vps24
autophagy
proteasome
File:
Download Fatima_Shahroz_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Fumiko Kawasaki, Thesis Supervisor
Katriona Shea, Thesis Honors Advisor

106. Diversity of Short Sequences Among Genomes of Inversion Strains in Drosophila Pseudoobscura

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Megan E
Title:
Diversity of Short Sequences Among Genomes of Inversion Strains in Drosophila Pseudoobscura
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila Pseudoobscura
Drosophila
inversion strains
short sequences
repeats
inversion
cline
polymorphic
motifs
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Richard W Ordway, Thesis Honors Advisor

107. The origin and evolution of inversion breakpoint sequences on the third chromosome of Drosophila pseudoobscura

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Open Access
Author:
Randolph, Haley Elizabeth
Title:
The origin and evolution of inversion breakpoint sequences on the third chromosome of Drosophila pseudoobscura
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
chromosomal rearrangement
breakpoint sequence evolution
inversion mutation
paracentric inversion
Drosophila pseudoobscura
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

108. Population genomic assessments of the plausibility of evolutionary ecology hypotheses for human rainforest hunter-gatherers

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Open Access
Author:
Cohen, Jacob Aubrey
Title:
Population genomic assessments of the plausibility of evolutionary ecology hypotheses for human rainforest hunter-gatherers
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
rainforest hunter-gatherer
pygmy phenotype
convergent evolution
polygenic adaptation
ecology
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
George H Perry, Thesis Supervisor
Katriona Shea, Thesis Honors Advisor