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Author:

Cousar, Michael Christopher

Title:

Assessing the Impact of Arctic Glacial History on Walrus Genetic Structure and Diversity Through Time Using Ancient Mitochondrial DNA

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

ancient DNA
mitochondrial DNA
walrus
phylogenetic analysis
molecular biology
glacial history
population genetics

File:

Download Cousar_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Beth Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Beth Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Huang, Chunya

Title:

Population Structure of the Cold Seep Tubeworm Seepiophila jonesi (polychaeta, Siboglinidae)in the Gulf Of Mexico

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

vestimentiferan
tubeworms
Gulf of Mexico
population genetics
population structure
Seepiophila jonesi
microsatellites

File:

Download Huang_finalthesis_032614.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. James Harold Marden, Faculty Reader

Author:

Bogale, Kaleb Tadesse

Title:

THE IMPACT OF ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS S2220 ON MULE DEER ISY1 GENE EXPRESSION

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Endogenous retrovirus
ERV
LTR
long terminal repeat
solo LTR
solo long terminal repeat
gene expression
mule deer
Odocoileus hemionus
RNA
Splicing
retrovirus
pre-mrna splicing gene
ISY1 gene
isy1
gene regulation
hardy-weinberg equilibrium
population genetics
Bos taurus
domestic cow
Ovis aris
sheep

File:

Download KalebBogale_ThesisFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Mary Poss, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bramel, Emily Eloise

Title:

QUANTIFYING THE PHENOTYPIC EFFECTS OF GENES, ANCESTRY, AND SEX ON HUMAN SCALP HAIR MORPHOLOGY

Area of Honors:

Biological Anthropolgy

Keywords:

hair
scalp hair
anthropology
human genetics
population genetics

File:

Download Bramel_Emily_HairMorphologyThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mark Shriver, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy Michael Ryan, Thesis Honors Advisor