Biology Department

2005 Senior Thesis Titles

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The Endoderm of the Anterior Archenteron is not an inducer of olfactory development in Xenopus laevis by Alica Dawnstar Ashby
Central Nervous System Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition from Coexposure to Pyridostigmine and Blood-brain Barrier-weakening Stress by Andrew Bacelis
Inter-Sex Dominance Hierarchies in the Red Swamp Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii: Who da' Man? by Alisha Danielle Baines
Human Mating Strategies: A Biological Perspective by Muriel Lorena Bartol Wolfensberger
Interspecific and Intraspecific Genetic Diversity in the Chloroplast Genome of Delphinium leucophaeum and D. nuttallii by Katherine Lois Beattie
An Application of Epidemiologic Method: Should Smallpox Be Destroyed? by Brianna Caroline Bertoglio
Nonclassical Responses to Estrogen: Is There a Role for Protein-Protein Interactions? by Melinda Ann Biernacki
Transcriptional Regulation of the LEE4 Operon in Enteropathogenic E. coli by Michael McCarron Bomier

Xenopus laevis

Delphinium leucophaeum

An Investigation of the Nature of Cannibalism in Bombina orientalis, the Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad by Timothy Joseph Cascone
Old-Growth Logging and Amphibians: A Study of Edge Effects in the Pacific Northwest by Aaron Dyar Clark
The Regulatory Involvement of Protein Kinase C Isoforms in Xenopus laevis Splenocyte Apoptosis by Ella Clark-Nicholson
Characterization of Two scFv Phage-Display Libraries Selected with Proteins of the Bullfrog Sacculus by Sarah Mullen Crespi
Regulation of Virulence Genes in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Factors Secreted from Members of the Human Intestinal Microbiota by Colin Joe Daniel
Separating the Effects of Gene Flow and Population History: A Phylogeographic Study of Delphinium nuttallii Using Nested Clade Analysis by Athena Theresa Dodd
Regulation and Inhibition of Apoptosis by the Guanosine Binding Proteins by Letty Ernst
Optimal Prey Selection by Invasive European Green Crabs, Carcinus maenas, and the Potential Impact on the Pacific Northwest's Commercial Oyster Industry by Robert Stater Foster
Neurophysiology of the Nucleus Angularis: The Initiation of Intensity Coding for Sound Localization in the Avian Auditory System by Mark Thomas Harnett
Seasonal and Spatial Variation of Glutathione Reductase and Superoxide Dismutase in an Old Growth (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Canopy by Allison Lara Hornor
Characterization of Nitrogen Fixing Genes in Possible Associative Endophtyic Bacterial Isolates from Ammophila arenaria by Carey Jeanne Huff
Towards Establishing Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae m1 Killer Virus Infections: Building a System for Cytoplasmic Gene Expression by Benjamin Matthias Iten
Visualization of the Estrogen Receptor in Uterine and Oviductal Cells Using a Green Fluorescent Protein Chimera by Farida Jhabvala
An Examination of Population Differentiation and Quantitative Trait Variation with Respect to Nectar Spurs in Delphinium nuttallii by Vanessa Anne Koelling
Determining the Cap-Dependent Translation Initiation Requirements of Cap-Independent Translation Initiation of the M1 Virus by Bryan Joseph Laraway
Sexual Dimorphism and Rhythmic Dissociation in the Modified Pleopods of Callianassa californiensis by Lindsey Alicia Leigland
Optimal Herbivore Defense Strategies in Mustards by Kristi Anne Lively
Characterization of Ascorbate Peroxidase and Glutathione S-Transferase from a Medicago truncatula Root Nodule cDNA Library by James Halsted Mapes
The Genetic Consequences of Cattle Grazing on Festuca idahoensis by David P. Matlaga
Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Variation as Measures of Gene Flow in a Suspected Hybrid Population of Delphinium pavonaceum by Laurie Ellen Mazer
Clonal Plant Foraging: A Review and Simulation Study by Brent Sterling Miller
Apoptosis and the Mitochondria in Xenopus laevis Thymocytes: Conserved Mechanisms of Cellular Suicide by Howell Franklin Moffett
A Test of Risk-Sensitive Foraging Theory in the Frog Bombina orientalis by Katherine Elizabeth Montieth
Isolation and Characterization of Terminal Restriction Fragment from Xenopus laevis by Samuel Blaise Nichols-Geerdes
Identification and Characterization of Polycomb Group Proteins by Thihan Myo Nyun
Gastrulation and Morphogenetic Movements in Ensatina eschscholtzii, a Large-Egged, Direct-Developing Salamander by Jason Alan Oakes
Proteins That Bind to the Amyloid Precursor Protein and the Effects They Have on Signaling and Neurotoxicity by Antoinette Susanne Olivas
Telomere Binding Proteins in Xenopus laevis by Hilleary Botts Osheroff
A Study of Human Cytomegalovirus G Protein-Coupled Receptor US28 Signaling in Smooth Muscle Cells by Dora P. Pancheva
Responding Without Control: Models of Task Allocation in Ants by Devon Seibert Pattillo
Telomerase Activity in Xenopus laevis by Gerard Werner Schneider
Localization of NMDA Receptors in Hippocampal Cells by Sylvia Veronica Thompson
Damage and Repair of Nerve Cell DNA in Response to Oxidative Stress by Nicole Alexandra Vasilevsky
This is Your Life, and It's Ending One Day at a Time: The Effects of Interleukin-2 and Dexamethasone Stimulation on Apoptosis in Thymocytes of the South African Clawed Toad Xenopus laevis by Ron Jonathan Yahil