Browsing by Subject "Evolution"
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Analysis of the functional conservation of genes in a plant single cell type: the root hair cell
(2017-12)The evolution of plant species is tightly associated with major changes in their genome such as their allopolyploidy and autopolyploidy. These paleopolyploid events and recent genome duplications have contributed to the ... -
Consumers' choices : life history theory and conspicuous consumption.
(2013)Life history theory is an evolutionary theory that attempts to explain a person's risk-taking behaviors and mating strategies unconsciously (Griskevicius, Tybur, Delton, & Robertson, 2011). There are two different types ... -
Diversification dynamics in space and time of two marine fish groups
(2024-05-10)Understanding the evolutionary processes shaping species distributions in both marine and terrestrial environments has been a central interest among evolutionary biologists, biogeographers, and ecologists. Species richness ... -
Functional Analysis of Duplicated NF-YB Genes in Photoperiod-Dependent Flowering
(2018-05)The heterotrimeric transcription factor NUCLEAR FACTOR Y (NF-Y) regulates photoperiod-dependent flowering and is composed of NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC subunits. In higher plants, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, whole genome ... -
Illusions of Progress and Decline in Colonial India: Evolution and degeneration in the works of Pramatha Nath Bose, c. 1910-1930
(2024-05-11)In this thesis, I consider the views of Pramatha Nath Bose (1855-1934) as an example of Hindu revivalist appropriations of evolutionary ideas and degeneration to advance anticolonial, socially conservative politics in early ... -
An integrative ecological and evolutionary genomic study of lake Daphnia across time
(2023-05-12)An undisputable fact of the modern age is that human activities are now a major force shaping the biosphere. Some have called for a new geological epoch called the “Anthropocene” or the age of humans— the search is underway ... -
Life history strategy and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022)Life history theory (LHT) describes how animals evolve to maximize reproductive fitness in relation to their environmental conditions. Species fall along a continuum based on whether they tend towards a slow life strategy ... -
NURTURING PROMOTES THE EVOLUTION OF LEARNING IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
(2015-08-14)An agent may interact with its environment and learn complex tasks based on evaluative feedback through a process known as reinforcement learning. Reinforcement learning requires exploration of unfamiliar situations, ... -
Phylogenetics, systematics, and biogeography of Lygosoma group skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) and Locomotor capacities of three lygosomine skinks from Thailand
(2020-05-08)The lizard family Scincidae is the most species-rich family of squamate reptiles, comprising more than 1,600 species. Skinks are ecologically and morphologically diverse, occurring in tropical and temperate zones on all ... -
Species Transformation and Social Reform: The Role of the Will in Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Transformist Theory
(2021)Jean-Baptiste Lamarck is well known as a pre-Darwinian proponent of evolution; however, comparatively little has been published on his views of human physiology and development. This paper argues that the will was of ... -
The Story of Colors
(2023-05-12)In this study, I investigated the evolution of color dimorphism in two bird species, the Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) and Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha), by analyzing their color morphology, geographic ... -
Tiny Fruit Flies Answer Big Scientific Questions
(2020-07-24)Understanding how evolutionary, genetic, and developmental processes give rise to the diversity of life is a major goal of biological research. Research in the Masly Lab focuses on understanding the mechanisms that generate ...