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Biology Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Analysis of timekeeper implicates antagonism between CK2 and PP2A during Drosophila neurogenesis, Ezgi Kunttas

Identification and characterization of the E(var)3-5 gene in Drosophila melanogaster, Pranoti Sahasrabhojane

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Productivity and carbon budgets of harvested Central Appalachian forests, Sarah C. Davis

Genetic and evolutionary consequences of harvest in American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius L. (Araliaceae), Emily H. Mooney

Psychophysical measures of detection & discrimination and effects of GABA blockade in the moth Manduca sexta, Esther K. Mwilaria

Using gain of function genetics to explore the role of non-histone chromosomal protein D1 in Drosophila melanogaster, Marissa B. Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

Aluminum resistance of mycorrhizal plants, Katrina R. Klugh

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Osteotropic cytokines mediate human osteoblast-like cell eicosanoid production, Anurag Grover

Effects of elevated temperature on Panax quinquefolius ecophysiology and pharmacological activity on human breast MCF-7 carcinoma cells, Gera M. Jochum

Analysis of physiological partners of protein kinase CK2 in Drosophila melanogaster, Umesh C. Karandikar

Comparative seed dispersal, seedling establishment and growth of exotic, invasive Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle and native Liriodendron tulipifera (L.), Nathan L. Kota

Identification of AtHD2C as a novel regulator of ABA signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, Sunandini Sridhar

Response of clonal genotypes of Juncus effusus L. to different environmental regimes, Daniel Benjamin Stover

Drosophila melanogaster protein kinase CK2 interacts with and phosphorylates the neurogenic repressor m8 resulting in the production of a novel eye phenotype, Regina L. Trott

An ecological study of Panax quinquefolius in central Appalachia: Seedling growth, harvest impacts and geographic variation in demography, Martha E. Van der Voort

Propagation and field assessment of West Virginia native species for roadside revegetation, Sarah B. Wennerberg

Functional analysis of AtRPD3B, a RPD3-type histone deacetylase, in Arabidopsis, Lin Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Effects of herbivory by white -tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.) on the population ecology and conservation biology of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.), Mary Ann Furedi

Tests for causes of rarity in goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.), Suzanne Sanders

Estimating net photosynthesis and productivity of a loblolly pine forest grown with carbon dioxide enrichment, Clint J. Springer

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Censusing and modeling the dynamics of a population of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis L.) using remote sensing, W. Robert Lamar

Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001

Identification, localization and metal-catalyzed induction of specific metallothionein isoforms expressed by the adult human lens, Brian Patrick Opperman

Effects of type-I collagen fractional composition and pyridinium crosslink content on cortical bone strength in the human femur, Michael Blair Rice

Studies of the mammalian ovarian endothelin system, Marietta Felicidad Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000

Effects of nitrogen and water on growth, photosynthesis, and leaf properties of deciduous tree species with consequences for gypsy moth herbivory, Teri S. Myers

Mycorrhizal roles in broomsedge plants under phosphorus limitation and aluminum toxicity, Jianchang Ning

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Comparative analysis of the promoters of the CyI-CyIIa-CyIIb actin gene cluster in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Ruth Lynn Dukes

Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

Derepression of heterochromatin inactivation by induction of a nearby promoter in Drosophila melanogaster, Daniel Renick McNeill

Theses/Dissertations from 1968 1968

A Biosystematic Study Of Taenidia and Pseudotaenidia (Umbelliferae), Roland Lee Guthrie