This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Biology, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Genetic Analysis of a Non-Germinating Mutant of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Md Jakir Hossan
Restoration of Native Biodiversity in Altered Environments: Reintroduction of Atlantic salmon into Lake Ontario, Aimee Lee S. Houde
Ginsenosides, Glycosidases and the Ginseng-Pythium Interaction, Dimitre A. Ivanov
Ethanol exposure during synaptogenesis in a mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: acute and long-term effects on gene expression and behaviour, Morgan L. Kleiber
Investigating HOX Protein Requirement for Tarsus Determination in Drosophila melanogaster, Samantha Koot
Effects of Growth Temperatures and Elevated CO2 on Respiration Rates in Norway Spruce, Yulia Kroner
Natal Philopatry in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) Predicts Female Cellular Versus Humoral Immune Function, But Does Not Consistently Predict Parasitism, Heather L. MacGillivray
Energetics and Digestive Physiology of Age Classes of Songbirds During Fall Migration, Brendan J. McCabe
Morphological and Molecular Systematics of Resupinatus (Basidiomycota), Jennifer McDonald
Freeze tolerance in the spring field cricket, Gryllus veletis, Alexander H. Mckinnon
A Plant-Made Vaccine Candidate To Protect Ruminants Against Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli, Sean Miletic
Study of the Hydrophobin Genes in Verticillium Dahliae and Characterization of the Hydrophobin Gene VDH5, Nadia P. Morales
Vocalizations, feeding and flight behaviour of nectar-feeding bats (Glossophaga soricina and Leptonycteris yerbabuenae), Meghan A. Murphy
Reproductive Success and Sexual Selection in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen
Exploration of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Trophic Status of Lakes in the Northern Temporal Forest Biome Using Remote Sensing, Aleksey Paltsev
Ecological and Evolutionary Interactions Between Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) and their Bloodborne Parasites, Yanina Sarquis-Adamson
Planting the Chalcone Reductase Family Tree: Identification and Characterization of Chalcone Reductase Genes in Soybean, Caroline Julia Sepiol
Fish Out of Salt Water: Smoltification in Subyearling Chinook Salmon from the Laurentian Great Lakes, Steve Sharron
Genes and Gene Networks Related to Age-associated Learning Impairments, Raihan Uddin
Tactics to Stay Alive: Predation Risk Alters Body Condition and Escape Behaviour, Benjamin T. Walters
MIR156 Participates in Iron Homeostasis Through Targeting SPL9/SPL15 in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Ying Wang
Functional Analysis of the miR156 Regulatory Network in Arabidopsis Siliques, Zhishuo Wang
Bioaccumulation and Concentration of Mercury in Rivers and Streams of the Hudson Bay Lowland, Ashley Warnock
Functional Characterization of P3N-PIPO Protein in the Potyviral Life Cycle, Hoda Yaghmaiean
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Transgenic Plants as Novel Bioreactors to Produce Human Protein, Nadiyah Alqazlan
Effects of microRNA156 on Flowering Time and Plant Architecture in Medicago sativa, Banyar Aung
Seed tuber treatments with Pseudomonas spp. to reduce potato common scab incidence and severity, Muna Basahi
Growth of the Marine Fish-Killing Phytoflagellate, Heterosigma Akashiwo Under Emerging Coastal Regimes: Temperature, Eutrophication and Ocean Acidification, Cayla M. Bronicheski
Arabidopsis thaliana-Spider Mite Interaction: Plant Perception, Signalling, and Response, Kristie A. Bruinsma
Early Mechanisms of Retinal Degeneration in the harlequin Mouse, Eric Dolinar
Identification and characterization of cysteine protease genes in tobacco for use in recombinant protein production, Kishor Duwadi
Topographic Controls on N2O and N2 Efflux in a Temperate Forest, Eric M. Enanga
Environmental Factors Influencing Spring Migration Chronology of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), Taylor A. Finger
Social immunity and the expression of immune-related genes in the Eastern subterranean termite, Qi Gao
A comparison of community composition analyses for the assessment of responses to wood-ash soil amendment by free-living nematodes, Paul B.L. George
Nitrogen fixation by the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme in response to variation in nitrogen availability, temperature, and atmospheric CO2 concentrations, Danielle A. Griffith
Effect of Photoperiod on Redox Regulation of Phenotypic Plasticity and Cellular Growth in Chlorella vulgaris, Lauren E. Hollis
Low temperature tolerance of adult Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Ruth Jakobs
Immune function and infection status is related to migration distance and phases of the annual cycle in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), Tosha R. Kelly
Response Of Soil Nitrification To The Veterinary Pharmaceuticals Monensin, Ivermectin And Zinc Bacitracin, Magda A. Konopka
Identifying the role of non-native species in the enhanced trophic transfer of mercury in the food web of Lake Erie, a North American Great Lake, Kaylin M.S. Liznick
The Effects of Ocean Acidification and Eutrophication on the Growth, Lipid Composition and Toxicity of the Marine Raphidophyte Heterosigma Akashiwo., Julia Rose Matheson
The adaptive capacity of thermal tolerance in chinook salmon, Nicolas Muñoz
Population Genetic Structure in the Pitcher Plant Flesh Fly Fletcherimyia fletcheri, John R. O'Leary
Functional Analysis of Two Brassinosteroid Responsive, Putative Calmodulin-Binding Proteins 60 (CBP60S) in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Purvikalyan Pallegar
Two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) selection to Arabidopsis thaliana, Huzefa Ratlamwala
Protein Body Biogenesis and Utility in Recombinant Protein Production in Nicotiana benthamiana, Reza Saberianfar
Inheritance of virulence in the root rot pathogen Phytophthora sojae, Sirjana Devi Shrestha
Changing the substrate specificity of arogenate dehydratases (ADTs) from Arabidopsis thaliana., Megan ES Smith-Uffen
Ubiquitin-mediated degradation via UPS and lysosome, Qizhi Sun
Thylakoid Phosphorylation And Cell Morphology In The Antarctic Psychrophile, Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241, Beth Szyszka-Mroz
The role of lactate dehydrogenase B in aerobic glycolysis-mediated resistance to AB toxicity, Tyler Tam
The Role of Islands in the Migration of Bats Across Lake Erie and Lake Ontario: Lasiurus borealis, Lasiurus cinereus and Perimyotis subflavus, Toby J. Thorne
The Effects of Global Climate Change on Canadian Boreal Forest Collembola Communities, Matthew S. Turnbull
Somatic Copy Number Mosaicism Contributes to Genomic Diversity in Mus musculus, Andrea E. Wishart
Application of otolith increment analysis to the study of maturation timing in female kokanee salmon, Yelin Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Assessing and Analyzing Bat Activity with Acoustic Monitoring: Challenges and Interpretations, Amanda M. Adams
Reproductive Biology and Speciation in Drosophila pseudoobscura, Josh H.M. Alpern
The Effect of Glycan Linked to Cationic Peanut Peroxidase on its Activity, Maha M. Al-Subaie
Thermal adaptation of life history traits in the Drosophila melanogaster group, Christopher James Austin
Effects of Excitation Pressure on Variegation and Global Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana, Rainer Bode
The Plastic and Evolutionary Responses of Fish to Anthropogenic Stressors, Ross D. Breckels
Subcellular Analysis of the Disulfide Proteome in p66Shc expressing Nerve Cells, Tyler Cann
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of a Conserved Transcription Factor with a Role in Promoting the Completion of Cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Bidhan Chakraborty
The Role of Morphology in Diet and Flower Visitation by Five Species of Cuban Flower-Visiting Bats, Lindsey Clairmont
Foraging ecology, sexual selection, and divergence in sunfish (Lepomis spp.), Scott F. Colborne
An Investigation of Plant-Microbe Interactions Under Cadmium Stress in Agar-Based Medium, Hydroponics, and Soil Studies, Melanie P. Columbus
Genetic and morphological variation of butterflies in relict habitats, Lindsay A. Crawford
Characterization of a Putative Activation Domain in the Hulk Gene Family, Christopher Doan
Uncovering the Molecular Link Between miR156.SPL15 and Carotenoid Accumulation in Arabidopsis, Davood Emami Meybodi
Structure of an Ensemble of Insectivorous Bats, Matthew A. Emrich
Trophic Level Influence on Stable Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Bat Fur, Leslie M. Erdman
Expression analysis of histone acetyltransferases in rice under drought stress, Hui Fang
The Effects of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors on the Reproductive Biology of Male Western Bean Cutworm Moths, Striacosta Albicosta (Smith), Jasmine Farhan
DNA barcoding expands dietary identification and reveals dietary similarity in Jamaican frugivorous bats, Colin E. Hayward
Analysis of Subcellular Localization Patterns Suggest Non-enzymatic Roles for Select Arogenate Dehydratases, Travis R. Howes
Characterization of the Alternative Oxidase from the Psychrophilic Green Alga Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241, Michael SJ Inman
Functional characterization of the HUA2 gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana, Preetam Janakirama
Reproductive behaviour of Western bean cutworm, Striacosta ablicosta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), females under different abiotic and biotic conditions, Joanna K. Konopka
Role of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases in volatile emissions and insect resistance in Arabidopsis, Shailu Lakshminarayan
Developmental plasticity of muscle cellularity and swim performance of juvenile Chinook salmon in response to temperature, Dan Dohyung Lim
Small mammal foraging and population responses to northern conifer mast, Nikhil Lobo
Ionic and Osmotic Mechanisms Of Insect Chill-Coma And Chilling Injury, Heath A. MacMillan
Identification of Cyclophilin gene family in soybean and characterization of GmCYP1, Hemanta Raj Mainali
Neurodevelopmental Consequences of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Behavioural and Transcriptomic Alterations in a Mouse Model, Katarzyna Mantha
The sub-lethal effects of repeated cold exposure in insects, Katie Elizabeth Marshall
Tree Seedling Establishment in Response to Warming and Nitrogen Addition in a Temperate Old Field, Bryana D. McWhirter
Interactions among biotic and abiotic controls of carbon dynamics in a global change field experiment, Eric R D Moise