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Phylogenomics And Historical Biogeography Of The Gooseneck Barnacle Pollicipes Elegans, Sergio Andres Marchant Rojas
Phylogenomics And Historical Biogeography Of The Gooseneck Barnacle Pollicipes Elegans, Sergio Andres Marchant Rojas
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This dissertation explores the systematics, biogeography, and genomics of the gooseneck barnacle Pollicipes elegans, a marine crustacean of the tropical Eastern Pacific. In Chapter 1, I provide a broad framework for my research by introducing and focusing on the long-‐standing debate of the mechanisms behind the latitudinal gradient in species diversity, which provided the initial motivation for using Pollicipes elegans as a model system to study the mechanisms leading to genetic differentiation and speciation in tropical regions. In Chapter 2, I examine the genetic structure, infer patterns of connectivity across the warm tropical waters of the eastern Pacific, and reconstruct …
The Avian Thrombocyte Is A Specialized Immune Cell, Farzana Ferdous
The Avian Thrombocyte Is A Specialized Immune Cell, Farzana Ferdous
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Thrombocytes are the most abundant circulating cells next to red blood cells in avian blood. Avian thrombocytes are homologous in function to mammalian platelets. Avian thrombocytes and the mammalian platelet are widely recognized contributors to inflammatory responses upon stimulation with various microbial stimulants. However, some observed responses of the avian thrombocyte depart from a standardized model ascribed to innate cells. To help unravel the role of thrombocytes in innate immunity, and possibly adaptive immunity, first we examined the surface features of chicken thrombocytes. Chicken thrombocytes constitutively express transcripts for different Toll-like receptors (TLRs) that are crucial for the innate immune …
Range Limits, Range Shifts, And Lower Thermal Tolerance In The Tropical Barnacle Megabalanus Coccopoma, Samuel Crickenberger
Range Limits, Range Shifts, And Lower Thermal Tolerance In The Tropical Barnacle Megabalanus Coccopoma, Samuel Crickenberger
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Climate change and species introductions are leading to shifts in marine species' geographic distributions. However, few studies have examined range limits and range shifts in tropical marine species. The barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma is native to shorelines from Baja California to Peru and has been introduced to a number of locations worldwide including the Atlantic US SE coast, where its current introduced range extends from Ft. Pierce, FL to Cape Hatteras, NC with seasonal populations as far north as Kitty Hawk, NC. In order to understand the potential poleward range limit of M. coccopoma in the US SE under modern day …
Range Collapse, Genetic Differentiation, And Climate Change: An Ecological History Of The Diana Fritillary, Speyeria Diana And Projections For Its Future, Carrie Wells
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The geographic ranges of most plant and animal species are tied closely to climatic factors, including temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture. For this reason, recent changes in the global climate due to human activities are predicted to have profound effects on natural populations, communities and ecosystems over a relatively short period of time. Combined effects from global warming and other anthropogenic activities such as land-use changes, pollution, and habitat loss/fragmentation, are altering species' distributions faster than they can be documented. Recent climate change has also been shown to alter species' breeding behaviors and alter the synchrony and timing of species' …
Influence Of Periostin On Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Contribution To Dermal Wound Repair, Suzanne Parks
Influence Of Periostin On Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Contribution To Dermal Wound Repair, Suzanne Parks
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Originally thought to function only as a scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is now understood to provide signals that regulate all aspects of cellular phenotype. Matricellular proteins are a subset of ECM-related molecules defined by their ability to modulate interactions between cells and the ECM. Periostin was recently classified as a matricellular protein based on its expression and function during development and wound repair. Periostin has been shown to influence cell behavior and collagen fibrillogenesis in several tissue types. In this study, we examined how periostin expression influences fibrocyte behavior after dermal injury using periostin null (Pstn -/-) and wild-type …