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Gene Expression and the Evolution of Reduced Sexual Dimorphism in a Threespine Stickleback Color Trait
(East Carolina University, 2017-01-03)
Elucidating the processes and mechanisms responsible for sexual dimorphism has been a central task for evolutionary biologists since Darwin first proposed the concept of sexual selection. However, our understanding of the ...
Predicting non-target impacts from a biocontrol weevil on a federally threatened thistle of the upper Great Lakes
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
Better understanding of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant-insect interactions has important applications in ecology, agriculture, and pest management. Larinus planus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), ...
The effects of elevated temperature and dissolved ρCO2 on a marine foundation species
(2017-04)
Understanding how climate change and other environmental stressors will affect species is a fundamental concern of modern ecology. Indeed, numerous studies have documented how climate stressors affect species distributions ...
Sexual Dimorphism and Trophic Trait Evolution in the Carolina Bay Fundulus Complex
(East Carolina University, 2017-01-05)
Convergent evolution in similar environments is widely held to provide some of the strongest evidence for natural selection's role in evolution, and convergent or parallel evolution of reproductive isolation, best studied ...
Large-scale genome modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana using TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Due to the world becoming over populated, it is becoming increasingly difficult to supply food for everyone. The only believed solution to this issue is to find ways to make plants more productive so that less land will ...
Characterizing Multigenerational Effects of Nicotine-Dependent Behaviors in Caenorhabditis Elegans
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
This project aims to investigate the effects nicotine, a highly addictive chemical associated with tobacco smoking, have on offspring (F1 and F2) using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). C. elegans is ...
Implementing a high sensitivity point-of-care troponin assay is beneficial in an emergency department chest pain population
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Point of care tests (POC) can provide accurate and more rapid results for physicians at the bedside, thus decreasing the patient’s time to treatment and increasing patient prognosis. Cardiac troponin (cTnI) is the leading ...
Breathing New Life into Philosophical Inquiry through the Use of Fiction
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
To incite every day people to venture into the world of philosophical thought and intrigue, I have constructed the beginnings of a novel that will use the old allegories and ideas of the past and place them into a new ...
The Effects of Benzoic Acid in C. elegans: Germ Cell Apoptosis
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-05)
Benzoic acid is widely consumed by humans everyday through means of fruit juices, soft drinks, pickles, salad dressings and more. However, the health impact of long-term benzoic acid exposure remains largely unknown. This ...
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF LARVAL PHENOTYPES ON TRAITS EXHIBITED AT A CRUCIAL LIFE-HISTORY SWITCH POINT
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-25)
In organisms with complex life histories, phenotypes exhibited in non-reproductive life stages are often correlated with adult performance and fitness. For example, in anurans (frogs and toads), age and size at metamorphosis ...