This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Biology, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Consequences of Environmental Mercury Exposure for Migratory Fitness and Survival of Passerine Birds, Yanju Ma
The effect of multiple environmental stressors on the growth and toxicity of the red tide alga Heterosigma akashiwo, Malihe Mehdizadeh Allaf
A Genetic Screen to Identify Fission Yeast Genes with Roles in Protecting Against Perturbation of the Actin Cytoskeleton, Dorota Michalski
Wildlife in a Premier African Protected Area do not Perceive Ecotourists as Predators, Badru Mugerwa
A bioinformatics analysis of contributors to false discovery for a mouse genotyping array, Nisha Patel
Phylogeny, Heat-Stress and Enzymatic Heat-Sensitivity in the Antarctic Psychrophile, Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241, Marc Possmayer
Adaptation Mechanisms of Two-Spotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus Urticae, to Arabidopsis Indole Glucosinolates, Golnaz Salehipourshirazi
Growth and toxicity of geographically-distinct isolates of the fish-killing phytoflagellate, Heterosigma akashiwo, Veerta Singh
The Major Histocompatibility Complex in Song Sparrows: Immunity, Signals, and Mate Choice, Joel W.G. Slade
Brachypodium distachyon Histone Deacetylase BdHD1: A Positive Regulator in ABA Sensitivity and Drought Tolerance, Jingpu Song
Effects of Elevated Temperature, Elevated CO2 and Photoperiod on Conifer Carbon Fluxes, Joseph R. Stinziano
Soil Homogenization: Plant Species Diversity, Ecosystem Properties and Soil Freezing Effects During Tallgrass Prairie Restoration, Holly J. Stover
Nest Predation by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), David C. Swan
The effect of shelter availability on foraging in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Christian A. Therrien
Maternal Effects and the Evolution of Chinook Salmon, Michael Thorn
Mechanisms Underlying Freeze Tolerance in the Spring Field Cricket, Gryllus veletis, Jantina Toxopeus
Suberin Biosynthesis and Deposition in the Wound-Healing Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Tuber Model, Kathlyn Natalie Woolfson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Mystery of Nuclear Localization of AROGENATE DEHYDRATASE5 from Arabidopsis thaliana, Sara Abolhassani Rad
Disturbance and the Community Composition of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Ontario Tallgrass Prairies, Sarah N. Allan
GmMYB176 Interactome and Regulation of Isoflavonoid Biosynthesis in Soybean, Arun Kumaran Anguraj Vadivel
Energetics of Migratory Bats during Stopover: A Test of the Torpor-Assisted Migration Hypothesis, Dylan E. Baloun
Characterization of plant-spider mite interactions and establishment of tools for spider mite functional genetic studies, Nicolas Bensoussan
Investigating the Role of Fruitless in Behavioural Isolation Between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans, Jalina Bielaska Da Silva
The Effect Of Age On Social Behaviour In Drosophila melanogaster And The Progeny of Aged Parents, Dova Brenman
Genetics of female interspecific mate rejection in species of Drosophila, Ryan Calhoun
MT1-MMP Mediates the Migratory and Tumourigenic Potential of Breast Cancer Cells via Non-Proteolytic Mechanisms, Mario Cepeda
The Influence of Adjacent Forest and Agriculture on Restored Grassland Diversity and Composition, Rachel A. Chambers
Hippocampal epigenetic changes in a mouse model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Eric J. Chater-Diehl
Cytosolic acetyl-CoA promotes histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation in Arabidopsis, Chen Chen
The effect of diet on midgut and resulting changes in infectiousness of AcMNPV baculovirus in Trichoplusia ni, Elizabeth Chen
Amelioration of prenatal alcohol effects by environmental enrichment in a mouse model of FASD, Aniruddho Chokroborty-Hoque
Characterization of six Arabidopsis AROGENATE DEHYDRATASE promoters, Emily J. Cornelius
Tracking behavioural and neuronal responses to social pheromones: Insights from a Drosophila model, Justin R. Croft
Intracellular signalling crosstalk in the differentiation of F9 cells into extraembryonic endoderm, Tina Nicole Cuthbert
Behavioural Mechanisms of Protandrous Spring Migration in a Nearctic-Neotropical Songbird, Jessica E. Deakin
Mechanisms Underlying Variation in Insect Chill Tolerance: The Role of Ion and Water Transport, Lauren E. Des Marteaux
The Long Haul: Migratory Flight Preparation and Performance in Songbirds, Morag F. Dick
A Modelling Approach: Effects of Exuded Organic Acids and Exogenous Chelating Ligands on Bioavailability and Uptake of Metals by Radishes (Raphanus sativus) Grown in Hydroponics., Sergio A. Dominguez Romero
Characterizing Mekk1: Candidate Behavioural Isolation Gene, Caryn Dooner
The Effects of Crossbreeding and Low Fish Meal Diets on Growth-Related Traits in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Katarina H. Doughty
Urea as an Effective Nitrogen Source for Cyanobacteria, Kevin J. Erratt
Thermal Biology of Insect Immunity and Host-Microbe Interactions, Laura V. Ferguson
Autumn Foraging and Staging Ecology of Eastern Population Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis tabida), Everett E. Hanna
Cerebral lactate metabolism and memory: Implications for Alzheimer's disease, Richard Andrew Harris
Chromatin accessibility dynamics in the Arabidopsis root epidermis and endodermis during cold acclimation, Shawn Hoogstra
Characterization of Acaricide Resistance, Plant-Mediated RNAi Against Two-Spotted Spider Mites (Tetranychus urticae Koch), and Assessing Off- and Non-Target Effects, Hooman Hosseinzadeh Namin
Expression, Characterization and Metallation Studies of Human Metallothionein Isoform 2a Using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Devika P. Jayawardena
The Effects of Sex, Energy, and Environmental Conditions on the Movement Ecology of Migratory Bats, Kristin A. Jonasson
Gene Expression Changes in the Mushroom Body of Drosophila melanogaster During a Time Course of Long-Term Memory Formation and Maintenance, Spencer G. Jones
Deciphering Sulfur Amino Acid Metabolism in Developing Seeds of Common Bean, Jaya Joshi
Role of Asparagine as a Nitrogen Signal and Characterization of a Nitrogen Responsive Glutamine Amidotransferase, GAT1_2.1 in Arabidopsis thaliana, Shrikaar Kambhampati
Cellular/Molecular Analysis of Interspecies Sterile Male Hybrids In Drosophila, Rachelle L. Kanippayoor
Relative Attraction of the Cabbage Looper Moth (Trichoplusia ni (Hübner)) to Wild-type and Transgenic Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), William J. Laur
Transcriptional Regulation of Cell-type Specific Expression in the Arabidopsis Root, Keegan M. Leckie
Methylmercury Production in Two Northern Fen Peatlands, Mikhail J. Mack
Elevated Temperature and CO2 Concentrations Affect Carbon Flux in Two Boreal Conifers, Sasha Madhavji
Identifying the neural basis of female receptivity within and between Drosophila species, Pria Mahabir
Nutritional Regulation of Sulfonamide Antibiotic Biodegradation by Microbacterium sp. Strain C448, Tonya Malcolm
The Mixed Source Chinook Salmon Fishery in Lake Huron: A Comparison of Spawning and Foraging Habitat Use by Naturalized and Hatchery Fish, Stephen A.C. Marklevitz
Winter Warming Affects the Onset of Reproduction but not Cognition or The Hippocampus in Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus), Robert J. Martin
Regulation of liver mitochondrial metabolism during hibernation by post-translational modification, Katherine E. Mathers
Gatekeepers of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis: Cytokinin-ethylene crosstalk regulates symbiotic interaction in Lotus japonicus, Seyedehmandana Miri
Induction of alternative pathway respiration by nitrate in Chlamydomonas, Shanmugasundaram Pakkiriswami
Peatland Plant-soil Feedbacks Dictate Ecosystem Properties and Processes, Julia E. Palozzi
Resource Selection, Survival, and Departure of Adult Female Mallards From The Lake St. Clair Region During Autumn And Winter, Matthew Palumbo
Expression and Characterization of a Putative Βeta-Glycosidase from the Ginseng Pathogen Pythium Irregulare, Scarlett Puebla Barragan
Exploiting Fission Yeast Genetic Interaction Data to Identify Disease-Specific Drug Targets for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Ashyad Rayhan
Unravelling Organelle Genome Transcription Using Publicly Available RNA-Sequencing Data, Matheus Sanita Lima
Regulation of Learning and Memory by the Drosophila melanogaster SWI/SNF complex, Max H. Stone
Evolutionary genetic aspects of host association in generalist ectoparasites, Benoit Talbot
Developing a plant virus-based expression system for the expression of vaccines against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus, Hong Hanh Tran
The genetic improvement of protein quality in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), Rosa Cecilia Viscarra Torrico
The genetic and environmental basis for CHC biosynthesis in Drosophila, Heather KE Ward
MHC class IIβ diversity as a correlate of neutral-locus similarity and diversity, and a predictor of overwinter return, in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), Matthew J. Watson
Fungi Associated with Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) in Southern Ontario, Nimalka M. Weerasuriya
The Lasting Effects of Perceived Predation Risk on the Avian Brain and Behaviour, Lauren E. Witterick
Transcriptomic correlates of caste differentiation and invasiveness in a subterranean termite, Tian Wu
Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing: Applications of Arthropod Genomes, Zaichao Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Mechanism of Activation of Potassium Dependent and Potassium Independent Asparaginases from Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), Ebenezer Oluwafemi Ajewole
The Impacts of Climate Change on Communities of Fungi in Boreal Peatlands, Asma Asemaninejad Hassankiadeh
Evaluating the interaction between buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae) and wireworm Agriotes sputator L. (Coleoptera: Elateridae), Yeritza L. Bohorquez
A Genetic Test of a Model for Two Activities of Fushi Tarazu Protein in Drosophila Melanogaster, Alaa Briek
Photosynthetic acclimation to warming and elevated CO2 in two Antarctic vascular plant species, Vi NT Bui
Molecular Characterization of Viruses Infecting Greenhouse Vegetables in Ontario, Bin Chen
Decomposition Dynamics Under Climate Change Conditions in Boreal Peat, Rosa Del Giudice
Cell Signaling Crosstalk and Differentiation of F9 Cells into Extraembryonic Endoderm, Gurjoth Singh Deol
The Role of NADPH Oxidase in ROS Mediated Differentiation, Benjamin J. Dickson
Ecosystem Level Effects of Climate Change on Northern Peatlands, Catherine M. Dieleman
Hemolytic Activity in the Euryhaline Fish-Killing Phytoflagellate Prymnesium parvum under Environmental Stresses, Christine Dulal-Whiteway
Inhibition Of MT1-MMP Proteolytic Function And ERK1/2 Signalling Influences Breast Cancer Cell Migration And Invasion Through Changes In MMP-2 And MMP-9 Expression, Caitlin L. Evered
An Investigation of The Plant Growth Promoting Abilities of Pseudomonas Fluorescens UW4 Under Toxic Metal Stress, Joshua J. Frank
Role of Fatty Acid omega-Hydroxylase 1 and Abscisic Acid in Potato Tuber Suberin Formation, Meg Haggitt
Agaricomycetes of Ontario Tallgrass Prairies, Christopher R. J. Hay
Inheritance, differential expression, and candidate gene analyses for Avr2 in Phytophthora sojae, Chelsea S. Ishmael
Effects of gut-associated yeasts on Drosophila melanogaster performance, Yanira Jiménez Padilla