Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Biology
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Social factors affecting female behavior, ecology, and fitness in wild bottlenose dolphins
(Georgetown University, 2016)In humans and non-human animals alike, the social environment presents context-dependent costs and benefits. Some species face extreme pressures resulting from divergent fitness traits among the sexes, leading to pronounced ... -
THE ROLES OF TWO SMALL GTP-BINDING PROTEINS ARL1 AND YPT6 IN AUTOPHAGY
(Georgetown University, 2016)Autophagy is a cellular degradation process that sequesters organelles or proteins into a double-membraned structure called the phagophore; this transient compartment matures into an autophagosome, which then fuses with ... -
Molecular basis of photoperiodic diapause in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
(Georgetown University, 2016)My dissertation examines the molecular basis of photoperiodic diapause in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, using high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies. Photoperiodic diapause is a developmental arrest in ... -
Characterization of Sox11 in Neurogenesis
(Georgetown University, 2016)CHARACTERIZATION OF SOX11 IN NEUROGENESIS -
SIW14 IS A NOVEL 5-DIPHOSPHOINOSITOL PENTAKISPHOSPHATE (5PP-IP5) PHOSPHATASE THAT NEGATIVELY REGULATES THE STRESS RESPONSE
(Georgetown University, 2016)Inositol pyrophosphates are high energy signaling molecules involved in cellular processes such as energetic metabolism, telomere maintenance, vesicle trafficking, and the stress response. While the inositol kinases ...
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