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
Characterization of Seed Transmission of Soybean Mosaic Virus in Soybean, Tanvir Bashar
Effects of Recurrent Inclement Winter Weather Cues on White-Throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis), Andrea C. Boyer
Light up the fly: Drosophila as a non-social model in insect sociobiology, Alison L. Camiletti
Assessment of Genome-Wide Genetic and Epigenetic De Novo Variation in Families with Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Schizophrenia, Christina A. Castellani
Effect of carotenoid volatiles on oviposition and feeding choice of T.ni and T.vaporariorum, Sneha Challa
Females in Control: Female Sensitivity to Predation Risk Affects Courtship and Reproductive Behaviours, Tin Nok Natalie Cheng
Seasonal and Long-term (1995-2009) Changes in the Distribution and Abundance of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Dreissenid Mussels in Inner Long Point Bay, Lake Erie, Robin TJ Churchill
Improving the Use of Migration Counts for Wildlife Population Monitoring, Tara L. Crewe
Soybean isoflavonoid biosynthesis: constituents and circumstance at the transcriptomic and molecular levels, Mehran Dastmalchi
Organelle Genome Evolution Within The Green Algal Genus Dunaliella, Michael Del Vasto
Fear Of Predators Compromises Parental Care And Juvenile Survival In A Songbird, Philip Blair Dudeck
Movement, habitat selection, and survival of female wood ducks (Aix sponsa) and ducklings at Long Point, Ontario., Matthew E. Dyson
HD2D is a Regulator of Abscisic Acid Responses in Arabidopsis, Joshua A. Farhi
Investigation of Cell-Penetrating Peptide Transformation in Two Regenerable Tissue Culture Systems, Atiyyah S. Ferouz
Wnt Signalling During F9 Cell Differentiation, Gregory M. Golenia
Sex and Seasonal Differences in Cognition and the Brain in Brood-parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater), Mélanie F. Guigueno
The evolution of kin recognition, Timothy JA Hain
Thermal performance covaries with environmental temperature across populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Kayla J. Harding Gradil
Seasonality of the Stress Response in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)., Michael R. Hasstedt
The Effects Of Perceived Predation Risk On The Avian Brain, Emma C. Hobbs
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