Temperature fluctuations during embryonic development implicated in a naturally occurring instance of abnormal spinnerets in the spider Australomimetus maculosus (Araneae, Mimetidae), Mark A. Townley, Danilo Harms
Biological Sciences

Hers and his: Silk glands used in egg sac construction by female spiders potentially repurposed by a 'modern' male spider, Mark A. Townley, Danilo Harms
Biological Sciences

The Evolution and Development of Chiropteran Flight, Emmaline Willis
Honors Theses and Capstones

Comparative study of spinning field development in two species of araneophagic spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae, Australomimetus), Mark A. Townley, Danilo Harms
Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Effects of Proline and Glycine on the Cnidocyte Discharge of Hydra magnipapillata, Janine R. Appleton
Honors Theses and Capstones

Characterization of the transcriptome, nucleotide sequence polymorphism, and natural selection in the desert adapted mouse Peromyscus eremicus, Matthew D. MacManes, Michael B. Eisen
Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

The Distribution of Fitness Effects of Spontaneous Mutations in Vibrio fischeri, Chelsea K. Jones
Honors Theses and Capstones

Evolutionary rates and gene dispensability associate with replication timing in the Archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus, Kenneth M. Flynn, Samuel H. Vohr, Philip J. Hatcher, Vaughn S. Cooper
Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

On the nature of fur evolution: A phylogenetic approach in Actinobacteria, Catarina L. Santos, João Viera, Fernando Tavares, David R. Benson, Louis S. Tisa, Alison M. Berry, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, Philippe Normand
Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences