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Biogeography And Diversification Of Rhegmatorhina (Aves: Thamnophilidae): Implications For The Evolution Of Amazonian Landscapes During The Quaternary, Camila C. Ribas, Alexandre Aleixo, Chrysoula Gubili, Fernando M. D'Horta, Robb T. Brumfield, Joel Cracraft Apr 2018

Biogeography And Diversification Of Rhegmatorhina (Aves: Thamnophilidae): Implications For The Evolution Of Amazonian Landscapes During The Quaternary, Camila C. Ribas, Alexandre Aleixo, Chrysoula Gubili, Fernando M. D'Horta, Robb T. Brumfield, Joel Cracraft

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© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: To test the importance of alternative diversification drivers and biogeographical processes for the evolution of Amazonian upland forest birds through a densely sampled analysis of diversification of the endemic Amazonian genus Rhegmatorhina at multiple taxonomic and temporal scales. Location: Amazonia. Taxon: Antbirds (Thamnophilidae). Methods: We sequenced four mtDNA and nuclear gene regions of 120 individuals from 50 localities representing all recognized species and subspecies of the genus. We performed molecular phylogenetic analyses using both gene tree and species tree methods, molecular dating analysis and estimated population demographic history and gene flow. Results: …


Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2018, Lsu Agcenter Apr 2018

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2018, Lsu Agcenter

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Biogeography And Diversification Of Rhegmatorhina (Aves: Thamnophilidae): Implications For The Evolution Of Amazonian Landscapes During The Quaternary, C C. Ribas, A Aleixo, C Gubili, F M. D'Horta, C C. Ribas, J Cracraft Apr 2018

Biogeography And Diversification Of Rhegmatorhina (Aves: Thamnophilidae): Implications For The Evolution Of Amazonian Landscapes During The Quaternary, C C. Ribas, A Aleixo, C Gubili, F M. D'Horta, C C. Ribas, J Cracraft

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Aim: To test the importance of alternative diversification drivers and biogeographical processes for the evolution of Amazonian upland forest birds through a densely sampled analysis of diversification of the endemic Amazonian genus Rhegmatorhina at multiple taxonomic and temporal scales. Location: Amazonia. Taxon: Antbirds (Thamnophilidae). Methods: We sequenced four mtDNA and nuclear gene regions of 120 individuals from 50 localities representing all recognized species and subspecies of the genus. We performed molecular phylogenetic analyses using both gene tree and species tree methods, molecular dating analysis and estimated population demographic history and gene flow. Results: Dense sampling throughout the distribution of Rhegmatorhina …


Endothelial Cell Autonomous Role Of Akt1, Monica Y. Lee, Ana Gamez-Mendez, Jiasheng Zhang, Zhenwu Zhuang, David J. Vinyard, Jan Kraehling, Heino Velazquez, Gary W. Brudvig, Themis R. Kyriakides, Michael Simons, William C. Sessa Apr 2018

Endothelial Cell Autonomous Role Of Akt1, Monica Y. Lee, Ana Gamez-Mendez, Jiasheng Zhang, Zhenwu Zhuang, David J. Vinyard, Jan Kraehling, Heino Velazquez, Gary W. Brudvig, Themis R. Kyriakides, Michael Simons, William C. Sessa

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© 2018 American Heart Association, Inc. Objective - The importance of PI3K/Akt signaling in the vasculature has been demonstrated in several models, as global loss of Akt1 results in impaired postnatal ischemia- and VEGF-induced angiogenesis. The ubiquitous expression of Akt1, however, raises the possibility of cell-type-dependent Akt1-driven actions, thereby necessitating tissue-specific characterization. Approach and Results - Herein, we used an inducible, endothelial-specific Akt1-deleted adult mouse model (Akt1iECKO) to characterize the endothelial cell autonomous functions of Akt1 in the vascular system. Endothelial-targeted ablation of Akt1 reduces eNOS (endothelial nitric oxide synthase) phosphorylation and promotes both increased vascular contractility in isolated vessels …


Global Environmental Change Effects On Plant Community Composition Trajectories Depend Upon Management Legacies, Michael P. Perring, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Lander Baeten, Gabriele Midolo, Haben Blondeel, Leen Depauw, Dries Landuyt, Sybryn L. Maes, Emiel De Lombaerde, Maria Mercedes Carón, Mark Vellend, Jörg Brunet, Markéta Chudomelová, Guillaume Decocq, Martin Diekmann, Thomas Dirnböck, Inken Dörfler, Tomasz Durak, Pieter De Frenne, Frank S. Gilliam, Radim Hédl, Thilo Heinken, Patrick Hommel, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Keith J. Kirby, Martin Kopecký, Jonathan Lenoir, Daijiang Li, František Máliš, Fraser J.G. Mitchell, Tobias Naaf, Miles Newman, Petr Petřík Apr 2018

Global Environmental Change Effects On Plant Community Composition Trajectories Depend Upon Management Legacies, Michael P. Perring, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Lander Baeten, Gabriele Midolo, Haben Blondeel, Leen Depauw, Dries Landuyt, Sybryn L. Maes, Emiel De Lombaerde, Maria Mercedes Carón, Mark Vellend, Jörg Brunet, Markéta Chudomelová, Guillaume Decocq, Martin Diekmann, Thomas Dirnböck, Inken Dörfler, Tomasz Durak, Pieter De Frenne, Frank S. Gilliam, Radim Hédl, Thilo Heinken, Patrick Hommel, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Keith J. Kirby, Martin Kopecký, Jonathan Lenoir, Daijiang Li, František Máliš, Fraser J.G. Mitchell, Tobias Naaf, Miles Newman, Petr Petřík

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© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd The contemporary state of functional traits and species richness in plant communities depends on legacy effects of past disturbances. Whether temporal responses of community properties to current environmental changes are altered by such legacies is, however, unknown. We expect global environmental changes to interact with land-use legacies given different community trajectories initiated by prior management, and subsequent responses to altered resources and conditions. We tested this expectation for species richness and functional traits using 1814 survey-resurvey plot pairs of understorey communities from 40 European temperate forest datasets, syntheses of management transitions since the …


Gastrointestinal Helminth Prevalence In Lesser Scaup (Aythya Affinis) Wintering On Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Usa, Sydney Cottingham Apr 2018

Gastrointestinal Helminth Prevalence In Lesser Scaup (Aythya Affinis) Wintering On Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Usa, Sydney Cottingham

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Phylogenetic Similarities Among Bacteria Isolated From Songbirds, Rachel Croy Apr 2018

Phylogenetic Similarities Among Bacteria Isolated From Songbirds, Rachel Croy

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Rising Above: Exploring The Use Of Deployable Structures For Future Disaster Relief, Eva Knapp Apr 2018

Rising Above: Exploring The Use Of Deployable Structures For Future Disaster Relief, Eva Knapp

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Ph Dependence Of Dna Binding By Dna Polymerase I From Pychromonas Ingrahamii And Single Stranded Binding Protein From Deinococcus Radiodurans, Olivia Leonovicz Apr 2018

Ph Dependence Of Dna Binding By Dna Polymerase I From Pychromonas Ingrahamii And Single Stranded Binding Protein From Deinococcus Radiodurans, Olivia Leonovicz

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Rice Phyllosphere Bacillus Species And Their Secreted Metabolites Suppress Aspergillus Flavus Growth And Aflatoxin Production In Vitro And In Maize Seeds, Subbaiah Chalivendra, Catherine Derobertis, Jorge Reyes Pineda, Jong Hyun Ham, Kenneth Damann Apr 2018

Rice Phyllosphere Bacillus Species And Their Secreted Metabolites Suppress Aspergillus Flavus Growth And Aflatoxin Production In Vitro And In Maize Seeds, Subbaiah Chalivendra, Catherine Derobertis, Jorge Reyes Pineda, Jong Hyun Ham, Kenneth Damann

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The emergence of super-toxigenic strains by recombination is a risk from an intensive use of intraspecific aflatoxin (AF) biocontrol agents (BCAs). Periodical alternation with interspecific-BCAs will be safer since they preclude recombination. We are developing an AF-biocontrol system using rice-associated Bacilli reported previously (RABs). More than 50% of RABs inhibited the growth of multiple A. flavus strains, with RAB4R being the most inhibitory and RAB1 among the least. The fungistatic activity of RAB4R is associated with the lysis of A. flavus hyphal tips. In field trails with the top five fungistatic RABs, RAB4R consistently inhibited AF contamination of maize by …


Potential Biopesticides For Crucifer Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta Cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Management Under Dryland Canola Production In Montana, Shabeg Singh Briar, Frank Antwi, Govinda Shrestha, Anamika Sharma, Gadi V.P. Reddy Apr 2018

Potential Biopesticides For Crucifer Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta Cruciferae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Management Under Dryland Canola Production In Montana, Shabeg Singh Briar, Frank Antwi, Govinda Shrestha, Anamika Sharma, Gadi V.P. Reddy

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The crucifer flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze), is an economically important and dominant pest of canola (Brassica napus L) in the Northern Great Plains of the USA. The current flea beetle management strategy is based on using synthetic chemical treated seeds and if necessary, foliar spray of chemicals at canola seedlings in early spring for targeting adult population. However, there is an increasing demand for development of alternative management strategies for P. cruciferae pertaining to concerns over the development of resistance to synthetic insecticides and non-target effects on pollinators and other beneficial insects. Replicated field trials were conducted to test …


In Search Of Ritualistic Practice In Louisiana’S Labor Rooms, Carly Wayt Apr 2018

In Search Of Ritualistic Practice In Louisiana’S Labor Rooms, Carly Wayt

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Development Of A Thiol-Acrylate-Based Hydrogel For Tumor Spheroid Generation In A Microfluidic Device, Wayne Joseph Wortmann Iii Apr 2018

Development Of A Thiol-Acrylate-Based Hydrogel For Tumor Spheroid Generation In A Microfluidic Device, Wayne Joseph Wortmann Iii

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Sine Language: Communicating Platy-1 Retrotransposon Propagation In The Aotus Lineage, Jackson Mierl Apr 2018

Sine Language: Communicating Platy-1 Retrotransposon Propagation In The Aotus Lineage, Jackson Mierl

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Changes In Neural Activation Between Pre-Release And Post-Release Mouth Brooding Astatotilapia Burtoni Females, Victoria Oanh Huynh Apr 2018

Changes In Neural Activation Between Pre-Release And Post-Release Mouth Brooding Astatotilapia Burtoni Females, Victoria Oanh Huynh

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Stem Cell Factor In Combination With Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Reduces Cerebral Capillary Thrombosis In A Mouse Model Of Cadasil, Suning Ping, Xuecheng Qiu, Maria E. Gonzalez-Toledo, Xiaoyun Liu, Li Ru Zhao Apr 2018

Stem Cell Factor In Combination With Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Reduces Cerebral Capillary Thrombosis In A Mouse Model Of Cadasil, Suning Ping, Xuecheng Qiu, Maria E. Gonzalez-Toledo, Xiaoyun Liu, Li Ru Zhao

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Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a cerebral small vascular disease caused by NOTCH3 mutation-induced vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) degeneration, leading to ischemic stroke and vascular dementia. Our previous study has demonstrated that repeated treatment with a combination of stem cell factor (SCF) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) reduces VSMC degeneration and cerebral endothelial cell (EC) damage and improves cognitive function in a mouse model of CADASIL (TgNotch3R90C). This study aimed to determine whether cerebral thrombosis occurs in TgNotch3R90C mice and whether repeated SCF+G-CSF treatment reduces cerebral thrombosis in TgNotch3R90C mice. Using the approaches …


Race-Ethnicity, Union Status, And Change In Body Mass Index In Young Adulthood, Rhiannon A. Kroeger, Reanne Frank Apr 2018

Race-Ethnicity, Union Status, And Change In Body Mass Index In Young Adulthood, Rhiannon A. Kroeger, Reanne Frank

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This study used data from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and fixed effects regression to consider whether associations between change in union status and change in body mass index (BMI) were moderated by race-ethnicity. The results indicated that intimate unions were differentially associated with gains in BMI along racial-ethnic lines, especially for women. When compared with White women, marriage was associated with larger increases in BMI for Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial women, and cohabitation was associated with larger increases for Black and Hispanic women. In contrast, marriage and cohabitation were associated with less …


P62 As A Therapeutic Target For Inhibition Of Autophagy In Prostate Cancer, Lei Wang, Donghern Kim, James T.F. Wise, Xianglin Shi, Zhuo Zhang, Robert S. Dipaola Apr 2018

P62 As A Therapeutic Target For Inhibition Of Autophagy In Prostate Cancer, Lei Wang, Donghern Kim, James T.F. Wise, Xianglin Shi, Zhuo Zhang, Robert S. Dipaola

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Background: To test the hypothesis that p62 is an optimal target for autophagy inhibition and Verteporfin, a clinically available drug approved by FDA to treat macular degeneration that inhibits autophagy by targeting p62 protein, can be developed clinically to improve therapy for advanced prostate cancer. Methods: Forced expression of p62 in PC-3 cells and normal prostate epithelial cells, RWPE-1 and PZ-HPV7, were carried out by transfection of these cells with pcDNA3.1/p62 or p62 shRNA plasmid. Autophagosomes and autophagic flux were measured by transfection of tandem fluorescence protein mCherry-GFP-LC3 construct. Apoptosis was measured by Annexin V/PI staining. Tumorigenesis was measured by …


A Teachable Moment: The Relevance Of Ethics And The Limits Of Science, Brian F. Snyder, Linda M. Hooper-Bui Apr 2018

A Teachable Moment: The Relevance Of Ethics And The Limits Of Science, Brian F. Snyder, Linda M. Hooper-Bui

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Coupled Effects Of Oil Spill And Hurricane On Saltmarsh Terrestrial Arthropods, Wokil Bam, Linda M. Hooper-Bui, Rachel M. Strecker, Puspa L. Adhikari, Edward B. Overton Apr 2018

Coupled Effects Of Oil Spill And Hurricane On Saltmarsh Terrestrial Arthropods, Wokil Bam, Linda M. Hooper-Bui, Rachel M. Strecker, Puspa L. Adhikari, Edward B. Overton

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Terrestrial arthropods play an important role in saltmarsh ecosystems, mainly affecting the saltmarsh’s primary production as the main consumers of terrestrial primary production and decomposition. Some of these arthropods, including selected insects and spiders, can be used as ecological indicators of overall marsh environmental health, as they are differentially sensitive to ecological stressors, such as land loss, erosion, oil spills, and tropical storms. In the present study, we used terrestrial arthropods collected from seven (three lightly-oiled, four heavily-oiled) sites in Barataria Bay and from three unoiled reference sites in Delacroix, Louisiana, to determine the impacts of the distribution and re-distribution …


Emerging Roles For The Nucleolus 2017, Susan J. Baserga, Patrick J. Dimario Apr 2018

Emerging Roles For The Nucleolus 2017, Susan J. Baserga, Patrick J. Dimario

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Holocene Vegetation And Climate Evolution Of Corpus Christi And Trinity Bays: Implications On Coastal Texas Source-To-Sink Deposition, Shannon Ferguson, Sophie Warny, John B. Anderson, Alexander R. Simms, Gilles Escarguel Apr 2018

Holocene Vegetation And Climate Evolution Of Corpus Christi And Trinity Bays: Implications On Coastal Texas Source-To-Sink Deposition, Shannon Ferguson, Sophie Warny, John B. Anderson, Alexander R. Simms, Gilles Escarguel

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© 2018 The Texas coastline stretches 595 km across almost 4° of latitude and is home to diverse coastal vegetation assemblages, yet only a handful of studies have documented the climate and vegetative change of this region through the Holocene. We provide a detailed palynological record of Holocene climate for coastal Texas, based upon three subaqueous sediment cores from Corpus Christi Bay and Trinity Bay. Cluster analysis and correspondence analysis were used to investigate changes in palynological assemblages through time within each core. Common to both bays are nonarboreal taxa including Asteraceae (mainly Ambrosia and Helianthus), Chenopodium, Poaceae, and arboreal …


Defining A Species: A Look At The Relationship Of Papio And Theropithecus Using Alu Elements, Paulina Gonzalez-Quiroga Apr 2018

Defining A Species: A Look At The Relationship Of Papio And Theropithecus Using Alu Elements, Paulina Gonzalez-Quiroga

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Accumulation Of Blue Carbon And Nutrients In An Active Delta Of Coastal Louisiana, Madeline Leblanc Apr 2018

Accumulation Of Blue Carbon And Nutrients In An Active Delta Of Coastal Louisiana, Madeline Leblanc

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The Effect Of Attention Bias Modification On Emotion Regulation, Anna Beth Madden Apr 2018

The Effect Of Attention Bias Modification On Emotion Regulation, Anna Beth Madden

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Infection Kinetics Of Rickettsia Asemboensis And Interaction With Rickettsia Felis Within The Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides Felis), Sabrina Magdalena Camille Valdes Apr 2018

Infection Kinetics Of Rickettsia Asemboensis And Interaction With Rickettsia Felis Within The Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides Felis), Sabrina Magdalena Camille Valdes

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Inhibition Of Carboxyltransferase From Escherichia Coli By Oxadiazolopyrazines, Margaret Mccarron Apr 2018

Inhibition Of Carboxyltransferase From Escherichia Coli By Oxadiazolopyrazines, Margaret Mccarron

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Epigenetic Misregulation As A Causal Agent Of Disease: Methylation Analysis And Rna Expression Quantification, Carter Pesson Apr 2018

Epigenetic Misregulation As A Causal Agent Of Disease: Methylation Analysis And Rna Expression Quantification, Carter Pesson

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Analysis Of Protein-Protein Interactions Between The Polybromo Subunit Of A Drosophila Melanogaster Chromatin Remodeling Complex And The Beaf Insulator Protein By Yeast-Two-Hybrid Assay, John Selloriquez Apr 2018

Analysis Of Protein-Protein Interactions Between The Polybromo Subunit Of A Drosophila Melanogaster Chromatin Remodeling Complex And The Beaf Insulator Protein By Yeast-Two-Hybrid Assay, John Selloriquez

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Biochemical Characterization Of Fe-S Cluster Assembly Machinery In Methanogenic Archaea, Nicole Bryer Apr 2018

Biochemical Characterization Of Fe-S Cluster Assembly Machinery In Methanogenic Archaea, Nicole Bryer

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