Graduate Theses and Dissertations in Biology
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Investigation of Evolution in Fungal Traits at Multiple Genetic Scales, Brooke Allen
Indirect and direct pathways of migratory shorebird effects on nitrogen cycling within temporarily flooded agricultural fields, Victoria Blocker
Effects of Multiple Stressors on Pseudomonas Fluorescens Over Short and Long Timescales, Parisa Burchfield
Ecological and Evolutionary Ramifications of Host-Parasite Interaction in Aquatic and Model Ecosystems, Akacia Halliday-Isaac
Dunc13 isoforms, RIM, and Rab3 Differentially Modulate Ethanol Sedation Sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster., Gaurav Shrestha
PI3K signaling and its role in cardiac morphogenesis, Rabina Shrestha
Evaluation of Male and Female Performance and the Role of Cerebellar Lesions and Local Aromatase Inhibition in Motor and Cognitive Tasks in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia Castanotis), Mathew Joseph Thibodeaux
The Microbial Communities of Freshwater Invertebrates and Their Influence on Biogeochemical Cycling, Stephanie Nicole Vaughn
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Habitat Characteristics That Drive Habitat Selection in Hyla Chrysoscelis (Southern Gray Treefrog) and Aquatic Insects, Ruric Bowman
How Does the Creation of Temporary Wetland Habitat on Agricultural Fields in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Affect the Abundance of Migratory Shorebirds?, Emma McCarley Counce
Milk and water kefir: microbial diversity and sensory properties, Xia Li
Mechanisms and Consequences of Competition between Microstegium vimineum and Native Plants and Their Relevance to Invasion Theory and Oak Woodland Restoration, Griffin L. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The N-Terminal Domains of Voltage Dependent Anion Channels as Novel Members of the BCL-2 Family: Their Roles and Interactions with the BH3 Domain of the BCL-2 Family Members, Clement Nana Agyemang
Investigating Sound and Gear Modification as a Means of Reducing Shark bycatch, Eduardo Josue Rangel
ROLE OF ASTROCYTIC INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 IN THE REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR, COGNITION, AND NEUROINFLAMMATION, Brayden Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
EPIGENETIC REGULATION IN BREVUNDIMONAS SUBVIBRIOIDES AND COMPARISON WITH THE CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS MODEL, Satish Adhikari
QUANTIFYING MICROBIAL RESISTANCE TO NEMATODE PREDATION, Tyler Bacon
How do Prey Capture and Simulated Fire Affect Growth and Nutrient Limitation in a Carnivorous Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia alata?, Jalen Christopher Holloway
Describing the gut microbiome of Amblema plicata, Lauren Lawson
MICROBIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO SALINIFICATION: APPLICATIONS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, Eric Weingarten
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Transgenerational Effects Of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Infection In Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia Sialis), Sarah Danielle Amonett
Elucidating The Sloth Hair Microbiome: A Metagenomic Comparison Of Two- And Three-Fingered Sloths, Maya Kaup
Habitat Selection Across A Temperature And Nutrient Gradient By Cope’S Grey Treefrog (Hyla Chrysoscelis) And The Mosquito, Culex Restuans, Sarah Christine McNamara
Survival And Development Of Larval Odonates (Anisoptera) And Female Oviposition Site Choice In Response To Predatory Fish, Kevin Matthew Potts
Spatial Context And The Role Of Competition In Oviposition Habitat Selection By Cope’S Grey Treefrog (Hyla Chrysoscelis) And Culex Restuans Mosquitoes, Reed Carroll Scott
Nest Microclimate Manipulation Affects Growth, Development, And Heat-Shock Protein Production In The Eastern Bluebird (Sialia Sialis), Brooke E. Sykes
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Independent And Combined Effects Of Hypoxia And Tributyltin On The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Ann Fairly Barnett
Effects of Impoundments on the Community Assemblage and Gene Flow of Stream Crayfishes, Zanethia Choice Barnett
Extended Adolescence: The Ecology and Endocrinology of Facultative Paedomorphosis, Jason R. Bohenek
Application and refinement of molecular ecology techniques for amphibian conservation, Stephanie Marie Burgess
Looking into the Past: The Diversification of Amphibians in the Neotropical Savannas, Ísis da Costa Arantes
The Effects Of Hypoxia And Freshwater Intrusion On The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica), James Henry Gledhill
Diversification In The Neotropics – Evolution And Population Genetics Of The Armored Catfish Hypancistrus Sp. From The Xingu River, Marcella Goncalves Santos
An Experimental Test of Controls on Resource Exchange in an Ectomycorrhizal Mutualism, Amber Lynn Horning
The Evolution Of Coral Snake Mimicry, Renan Janke Bosque
Examining The Role Of Reproductive Interference In The Decline Of Native Green Treefrogs Following Cuban Treefrog Invasions, Joseph Kennedy
Environnmental Influences on Caribbean Octocoral-Symbiodiniaceae Symbioses, Mark McCauley
Ecological Factors Associated with Habitat Use of Baird’s Tapirs (Tapirus Bairdii), Victoria Diane Monette
Identifying Transcription Co-Regulators of Gcm/Repo in the Development of Glia in Drosophila Melanogaster, Glendin Kostantinos Pano
Bacterioplankton biogeography of the Mississippi river basin, Jason Taylor Payne
Variations in the Dragonfly Microbiome Through Life stages and Its Ability to Harbor Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, Sarah Russell
The Influence Of Site Connectivity On Zooplankton Assemblage Dynamics Within The Lower Mississippi River Floodplain, Jarrod Sackreiter
Analysis of Brevundimonas Subvibrioides Developmental Signaling Systems Reveals Unexpected Differences Between Phenotypes and c-di-GMP Levels, Lauryn Anne Sperling
The Role Of Dunc13 In Ethanol Tolerance, Yusuke Wachi
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Effects Of Acidic Conditions And Tannins On The Survival, Development, And Behavior Of Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla Chrysoscelis), Caleb E. Dodd
Effects of Hydrological Connectivity on the Benthos of a Large River (Lower Mississippi River, USA), Audrey B. Harrison
Impact of Human Disturbance on the Behavior and Physiology of the Endangered Ringed Sawback Turtle (Graptemys oculifera), Jessica Mary Heppard
Impacts And Implications Of Polytypism On The Evolution Of Aposematic Coloration, Justin Philip Lawrence
Biodiversity And Evolution In The Guiana Shield, South America, Andrew Michael Snyder
The Effect of Environmental Perturbations on the Plant Phyllosphere Microbiome, Bram W. Stone
A Review of the Serica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) of Mexico, Canada, and the western United States, Reese John Worthington
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Conditions Responsible For The Success Of Carnivorous Plants In Nutrient-Poor Wetlands, Matthew John Abbott
The effect of road crossings on stream-associated salamanders within Holly Springs National Forest, Caleb Ashton Aldridge
Historical refuges and recolonization routes in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, inferred through phylogeographic analysis of the spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata), John Daniel Banusiewicz
The Reptile Gut Microbiome: Its Role In Host Evolution And Community Assembly, Timothy John Colston
The Impact Of Simulated Microgravity On The Growth Of The Model Legume Plant Medicago Truncatula, Gemma Elizabeth Lionheart
Responses of the Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) to Human Disturbance, Thomas Hughes Martin
Towards a Better Understanding of Secondary Metabolite Production in Toxic Marine Algae, Thuy My Nguyen
Risk, Reward, And The Role Of Habitat Selection On Community Dynamics In Temporary Ponds, Matthew Robert Pintar
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Stress, sexual signaling, and alternative mating tactics in male green treefrogs, Hyla cinerea, Sarah Crocker-Buta
Nemo no more? Spatial demographic and population genetic analyses of the two-band anemonefish, Amphiprion bicinctus, in the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea, Jacob Seth Howell
Influence of plant species, location, and seasonality on rhizosphere bacterial communities in freshwater wetlands, Hakchul Lee
Seasonal Changes in Biomass of Two ComFreshwater Wetland plants: storage of nutrients, Emily Kathryn McCann
Genetic And Temporal Variation In Resource Exchange Between An Ectomycorrhizal Fungus, Rhizopogon Occidentalis, And Seedlings Of Pinus Radiata, Mariah Meachum
The biotic effects of tertiary geoclimatic change in the southern hemisphere, Stuart Val Nielsen
Loblolly Pine Genetics Structure Its Mycorrhizal Community, Bridget Joan Piculell
Community Ecology Of Soil Microbes In Southeast Usa Oak-Pine Woodlands, Ann L. Rasmussen
Biochemical Composition of Caribbean Gorgonian Corals and Their Symbiosis Under Ambeint and Stressful Conditions, Kartick Prakash Shirur
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Negative Effects Of ComMycorrhizal Networks And Roots On Upland Oak Seedlings In Open-Canopy Woodlands And Closed-Canopy Forests, William Chase Bailey
Soil bacterial structure and function associated with the invasive grass Microsteguim vimineum and two native grasses, Jennifer Kay Bell
Behavior, Energetics, And Swimming Performance Of The American Paddlefish, Polyodon Spathula, In A Lower Mississippi River Oxbow, Bryan Andrew Cage
The Effects Of Clinorotation In The Host Plant, Medicago Truncatula, And Its Microbial Symbionts, Ariel Dauzart
Oviposition Site Selection By Mosquitoes: Predator-Released Kairomones And Responses To Different Taxa, Lauren Larea Eveland
Systems biology approach to understanding the control of glucose metabolism in healthy and apoptotic neurons, Hoda Gebril
Adaptive Movements And Thermoregulation In Big-Eared Bats, Cody Jordan
The influence of current year fire on leaf litter decomposition rates and microbial enzyme activity in forests undergoing ecological restoration, Megan E. Overlander
Autoregulation of the Glial Gene reversed polarity in Drosophila melanogaster, Jamie L. Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The effects of stress hormones on preferences for acoustic signals in female green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea) and barking treefrogs (Hyla gratiosa), Anna Gabriell Davis
Location, location: Factors influencing greenhouse gas fluxes from the Mississippi Delta agricultural region, Michael P. Keating
Regulators of repo: A Search for gcm/repo Transcription Factors, Kathy Ann Nipper
Investigating the photosynthesis of Symbiodinium in Caribbean gorgonian corals, Blake Ramsby
Determinants Of Bite Force In Four Species Of Sharks From The Gulf Of Mexico With An Emphasis On The Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, Rhizoprionodon Terraenovae, Kyle Walter Rice
Growth Of Bald Cypress Boles And Knees As Influenced By Precipitation And Inundation At Sardis Lake, Mississippi, Emily M. Stauss
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Male Reproductive Strategies And Mating Displays In The Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris Ocellata), Edward Merrill Hanlon
Linking The Functional Diversity Of Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Species To Soil Carbon And The Genetics Of A Foundational Tree Species, Nicole Marie Hergott
Phylogeography of the Malagasy Ant Species Otontomachus coquereli, Jason Jackson
Bacterial Assemblages And Microbial Enzyme Activity In The Major Tributaries Of The Lower Mississippi River, Justin Millar
A Neurophysiological Examination Of Stress Control In Martial Artists, Jack Pemment
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Mixing it up: Multiple symbiont acquisition strategies as an adaptive mechanism in the coral Stylophora pistillata, Kristen A. Byler
Functional Morphology of the Sphyrnid Shark Cephalofoil: an Assessment of the Hydrodynamic Lift Hypothesis Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Matthew K. Gaylord
Stochastic Models For Evolutionary Genetic Problems, Wei Liao