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Clearly Camouflaged Crustaceans: The Physical Basis of Transparency in Hyperiid Amphipods and Anemone Shrimp
(2017)
This dissertation research focused on the ways in which clear crustaceans with complex
bodies (i.e. with hard cuticles, thick muscles, and other internal organs) maintain
transparency across their entire body volume. I ...
Evolution of Fungal Endophytes and Their Functional Transitions Between Endophytism and Saprotrophism
(2017)
The kingdom Fungi is one of the major groups of the plant microbiome(Hardoim et al.,
2015; Vandenkoornhuyse et al., 2015; Peay et al., 2016). Of the various plant-fungus
interactions, mycorrhizal fungi that form mutualistic ...
The Behavior and Energetics of Ritualized Weapon Use in Mantis Shrimp (Stomatopoda)
(2018)
Contests are essential parts of an animal’s life history, as they dictate access to
critical resources like mates, food, or territory. Studying how animals efficiently
assess competitive ability to resolve contests is a ...
Diversity and Effects of the Fungal Endophytes of the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
(2017)
Fungal endophytes are ubiquitous inhabitants of plants and can have a wide range of
effects on their hosts, from pathogenic to mutualistic. These fungal associates are
important drivers of plant success and therefore contribute ...
The Visual Ecology of the Cleaner Shrimp-Client Fish Mutualism
(2018)
Cleaner shrimp are small, brightly-colored tropical crustaceans that attract reef
fish clients to set locations on a reef called cleaning stations and then "clean"
them by removing ectoparasites from their scales, gills, ...
Application of Phylogenetic Analysis in Cancer Evolution
(2018)
Cancer is a major threat to human health and results in 1 in 6 deaths globally. Despite
an extraordinary amount of effort and money spent, eradication or control of advanced
disease has not yet been achieved. Understanding ...
Using Genomic Tools to Understand Speciation Dynamics in Madagascar's Mouse Lemurs (Order: Primates)
(2019)
Mouse lemurs (genus Microcebus; Order Primates) are endemic to the island nation of
Madagascar. These small, nocturnal primates offer a unique mammalian system ideally
suited to study the patterns and processes of speciation, ...
Evolution and development of the Drosophila peripheral olfactory system
(2017)
How species adapt to their local environments over the course of evolution remains
an important question that underlies much of modern biology. Though much has been
learned, many questions remain unanswered on the interplay ...
Evolutionary Trends in the Individuation and Polymorphism of Colonial Marine Invertebrates
(2007-05-10)
All life is organized hierarchically. Lower levels, such as cells and zooids, are
nested within higher levels, such as multicellular organisms and colonial animals.
The
process by which a higher-level unit forms from the ...
THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF SCALLOP MANTLE EYES
(2010)
Scallops, a family of swimming bivalve mollusks, have dozens of eyes arrayed along
the edges of their valves. Relatively little is known about the form and function
of these unusual eyes. To learn more about them, we studied ...