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Physiological Strategies During Animal Diapause: Lessons From Brine Shrimp And Annual Killifish, Jason E. Podrabsky, Steven C. Hand

Faculty Publications

© 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Diapause is a programmed state of developmental arrest that typically occurs as part of the natural developmental progression of organisms that inhabit seasonal environments. The brine shrimp Artemia franciscana and annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus share strikingly similar life histories that include embryonic diapause as a means to synchronize the growth and reproduction phases of their life history to favorable environmental conditions. In both species, respiration rate is severely depressed during diapause and thus alterations in mitochondrial physiology are a key component of the suite of characters associated with cessation of development. …

Increased Phosphate Transport Of Arabidopsis Thalianapht1;1 By Site-Directed Mutagenesis Of Tyrosine 312 May Be Attributed To The Disruption Of Homomeric Interactions, Elena B. Fontenot, Sandra Feuer Ditusa, Naohiro Kato, Danielle M. Olivier, Renee Dale, Wei Yi Lin, Tzyy Jen Chiou, Megan A. Macnaughtan, Aaron P. Smith

Faculty Publications

& Sons Ltd. Members of the Pht1 family of plant phosphate (Pi) transporters play vital roles in Pi acquisition from soil and in plantaPi translocation to maintain optimal growth and development. The study of the specificities and biochemical properties of Pht1 transporters will contribute to improving the current understanding of plant phosphorus homeostasis and use-efficiency. In this study, we show through split in vivo interaction methods and in vitro analysis of microsomal root tissues that Arabidopsis thalianaPht1;1 and Pht1;4 form homomeric and heteromeric complexes. Transient and heterologous expression of the Pht1;1 variants, Pht1;1^Y312D, Pht1;1^Y312A and Pht1;1^{Y312F …}

Differentially Expressed Genes Match Bill Morphology And Plumage Despite Largely Undifferentiated Genomes In A Holarctic Songbird, Nicholas A. Mason, Scott A. Taylor

Faculty Publications

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Understanding the patterns and processes that contribute to phenotypic diversity and speciation is a central goal of evolutionary biology. Recently, high-throughput sequencing has provided unprecedented phylogenetic resolution in many lineages that have experienced rapid diversification. The Holarctic redpoll finches (Genus: Acanthis) provide an intriguing example of a recent, phenotypically diverse lineage; traditional sequencing and genotyping methods have failed to detect any genetic differences between currently recognized species, despite marked variation in plumage and morphology within the genus. We examined variation among 20 712 anonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) distributed throughout the redpoll genome …

How Global Biodiversity Hotspots May Go Unrecognized: Lessons From The North American Coastal Plain, Reed F. Noss, William J. Platt, Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, D. Bruce Means, Jennifer Costanza, Robert K. Peet

Faculty Publications

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Biodiversity hotspots are conservation priorities. We identify the North American Coastal Plain (NACP) as a global hotspot based on the classic definition, a region with > 1500 endemic plant species and > 70% habitat loss. This region has been bypassed in prior designations due to misconceptions and myths about its ecology and history. These fallacies include: (1) young age of the NACP, climatic instability over time and submergence during high sea-level stands; (2) climatic and environmental homogeneity; (3) closed forest as the climax vegetation; and (4) fire regimes that are mostly anthropogenic. We show that …

Hurricane Wrack Generates Landscape-Level Heterogeneity In Coastal Pine Savanna, William J. Platt, Dwayne Joseph, Darin P. Ellair

Faculty Publications

© 2014 The Authors. Wrack (vegetation debris) deposited by storm surges of major hurricanes along the northern Gulf of Mexico produces depressant effects that vary from partial to complete mortality of groundcover vegetation in coastal savannas. As wrack decomposes or is relocated by a subsequent hurricane, patches are opened to colonization. We postulated that patterns of wrack deposition and removal, coupled with differential responses by savanna plant species should produce alternate states of groundcover vegetation. We explored extreme effects of wrack deposited by Hurricane Katrina (2005) in savannas dominated by slash pine Pinus elliottii and cordgrass Spartina patens and located …

Cwbr Author Interview: Empty Sleeves: Amputation In The Civil War South, Brian Craig Miller

Civil War Book Review

Interview with Brian Craig Miller, Associate Professor of History at Emporia State University

Interviewed by Zach Isenhower

Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today the Civil War Book Review is happy to speak with Brian Craig Miller, Associate Professor of History at Emporia State University. Professor Miller previously authored John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory, and is Editor of the journal Civil War History. Today we get to discuss his most recent book, Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South. Professor Miller, thank you for joining us today. Brian Craig Miller (BCM) …

Military Genomic Testing: Proportionality, Expected Benefits, And The Connection Between Genotypes And Phenotypes, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

Mehlman and Li offer a framework for approaching the bioethical issues raised by the military use of genomics that is compellingly grounded in both the contemporary civilian and military ethics of medical research, arguing that military commanders must be bound by the two principles of paternalism and proportionality. I agree fully. But I argue here that this is a much higher bar than we may fully realize. Just as the principle of proportionality relies upon a thorough assessment of harms caused and military advantage gained, the use of genomic research, on Mehlman and Li's view, will require an accurate understanding …

Effect Of 12 Weeks Of Periodized Resistance Training Upon Total Plasma Adiponectin Concentration In Healthy Young Men, Greggory R. Davis, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Arnold G. Nelson

Faculty Publications

© 2015 National Strength and Conditioning Association. The effects of resistance training on adiponectin have thus far yielded equivocal results. However, the effect of periodized resistance training on plasma adiponectin in offspring of type 2 diabetic and nondiabetic (ND) parents (first-degree family history) has yet to be determined. Untrained healthy young men with and without a first-degree family history of type 2 diabetes were assigned to an exercise intervention group (E) or an active control group (C). The E group performed a 12-week periodized resistance training program, whereas the C group did not participate in any structured exercise program. Fasting …

Freedom From Thought, Jane Bambauer

Emory Law Journal

This short Essay explores when ignorance can be supported or even coerced by law, and when it cannot. In the end, although freedom from thought has much to offer to the development of privacy and dignitary rights, interests in self-ignorance are better handled through norms than through law. Like other forms of privacy, First Amendment commitments are likely to frustrate legal efforts to support or coerce self-ignorance. If a speaker wishes to disclose information, the government is unlikely to be able to interfere with that disclosure unless the speaker¿s interests are demonstrably weak. However, when both the speaker and the …

Southern Dreams And A New Theory Of First Amendment Legal Realism, Richard Delgado, Jean Steancic

Emory Law Journal

When legal realism swept through the law nearly a century ago, spelling the end to what Roscoe Pound called ¿mechanical jurisprudence,¿ one enclave that emerged unscathed is the First Amendment, where shopworn rules, hidebound doctrinal boxes, and thought-ending clichés still hold sway. We show how this is so and give examples of a number of areas where change is in order. An examination of federal court cases having to do with hate speech and cross burning, as well as the wave of nativist sentiment that swept the South in the wake of increased Latino immigration, show how an application of …

The Categorical Free Speech Doctrine And Contextualization, Alexander Tsesis

Emory Law Journal

This Article discusses the impact of the Supreme Court¿s recently enhanced categorical approach to free speech analysis. It demonstrates that, contrary to the concerns of some other scholars, the Court should not be understood to be entirely averse to balancing interests. In several cases¿such as those dealing with government employee speech, civil defamation, and fraud¿the Court continues to rely on balancing approaches. This has created a seeming internal contradiction among precedents that appear only to recognize the constitutionality of content-based restrictions on low-value categories of speech that have historically and traditionally been unprotected. These two lines of cases can and …

America's Forgotten Constitutions: Defiant Visions Of Power And Community, Christopher Barker

Civil War Book Review

Constitutional Visions of Ethics and Culture

Anyone who has lectured on written constitutions knows how hard it is to capture the magic of fundamental law. Specific clauses can be unlocked through historical examples, but it is very difficult to lecture on the clauses themselves. In....

Thunder On The River: The Civil War In Northeast Florida, James Denham

Civil War Book Review

Emerging Slavery Economy and Disruption in Civil War Florida

Dan Schafer, professor emeritus at the University of North Florida, brings a lifetime of research to this well written, fast-pasted narrative of the Civil War in Northeast Florida. Most of his previous scholarly work has been di....

Column: The Centennial, The Sesquicentennial, And The Lost Cause In American Society, Robert J. Cook

Civil War Book Review

Four years ago – how time flies – I contributed to a Civil War History roundtable looking ahead to the Sesquicentennial commemoration in the context of its ill-fated Centennial predecessor in the 1960s.¹ I predicted a well-intentioned but low-key ‘event’ that would be far more incl....

History Is Not Confined To The Ivory Tower, Zach Isenhower

Civil War Book Review

“The past is a foreign country," is so often repeated that it is rarely attributed to L.P. Hartley, the British novelist who coined the phrase. The line has entered the realm of proverb because it offers a succinct reminder to exercise caution in interpreting the past, to remember context and avoid....

After Appomattox: Military Occupation And The Ends Of War, Stephen A. West

Civil War Book Review

Between Surrender and Peace

When did the Civil War end? The answer mythologized in American memory—and one that might escape the red pen of hasty blue book graders—is April 9, 1865, the date of the famous meeting at Appomattox between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Not so fast, Greg....

The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding The Black Flag In History, Memory, And Myth, Ralph Mann

Civil War Book Review

Revising Old Narratives of Guerrilla Warfare during the Civil War

This very valuable collection builds from the foundational works by Michael Fellman, Inside War (1989), and Daniel E. Sutherland, A Savage Conflict (2009). It aims, as the editors explain, to contextualize Fel....

African Canadians In Union Blue: Volunteering For The Cause In The Civil War, Greg Marquis

Civil War Book Review

African Canadians Fighting for American Freedom

At the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, it is timely to review two recent studies of Canadian involvement with the conflict. These monographs play a dual role as contributions to both Civil War history and to the under-research....

My Brother's Keeper: African Canadians And The American Civil War, Greg Marquis

Civil War Book Review

African Canadians Fighting for American Freedom

At the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, it is timely to review two recent studies of Canadian involvement with the conflict. These monographs play a dual role as contributions to both Civil War history and to the under-research....

Look At Lincoln: Lincoln Evolved As War Neared Its Close, Frank J. Williams

Civil War Book Review

Lincoln and the Military by John F. Marszalek Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Retail Price: $24.95 ISBN: 978080933622 Lincoln and the War’s End by John C. Waugh Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Retail Price:<....

Redemption Songs: Suing For Freedom Before Dred Scott, Robert Tinkler

Civil War Book Review

Slaves’ Voices Reemerge from the Cases in Which They Sought Freedom

Historians of the South and of American slavery owe a debt of gratitude to Lea VanderVelde for Redemption Songs, a book that tells heart-rending stories of freedom contested, lost, and won. Professor of law at the ....

The Ordeal Of The Reunion: A New History Of Reconstruction, Douglas R. Egerton

Civil War Book Review

A Wider View of Reconstruction

For too many Americans, the Reconstruction era is an afterthought, or worse yet, a confusing postscript to four years of Civil War that provided considerable clarity. No serious scholar would today deny the centrality of slavery and its extension as the cause....

The Enigmatic South: Toward Civil War And Its Legacies, John M. Mccardell Jr.

Civil War Book Review

A Tribute to the Career and Scholarship of William J. Cooper, Jr.

In more ways than one, William J. Cooper, Jr., stands tall among historians of the nineteenth century South. In this collection of essays, well-edited by Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., Cooper’s former students and colleagues express t....

Annotations, Cwbr Editor

Civil War Book Review

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Induced Jasmonate Signaling Leads To Contrasting Effects On Root Damage And Herbivore Performance, Jing Lu, Christelle Aurélie Maud Robert, Michael Riemann, Marco Cosme, Laurent Mène-Saffrané, Josep Massana, Michael Joseph Stout, Yonggen Lou, Jonathan Gershenzon, Matthias Erb

Faculty Publications

© 2015 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. Induced defenses play a key role in plant resistance against leaf feeders. However, very little is known about the signals that are involved in defending plants against root feeders and how they are influenced by abiotic factors. We investigated these aspects for the interaction between rice (Oryza sativa) and two root-feeding insects: the generalist cucumber beetle (Diabrotica balteata) and the more specialized rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus). Rice plants responded to root attack by increasing the production of jasmonic acid (JA) and abscisic acid, whereas in contrast to in herbivore-attacked …

Exploring Origins, Invasion History And Genetic Diversity Of Imperata Cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. (Cogongrass) In The United States Using Genotyping By Sequencing, A. Millie Burrell, Alan E. Pepper, George Hodnett, John A. Goolsby, William A. Overholt, Alexis E. Racelis, Rodrigo Diaz, Patricia E. Klein

Faculty Publications

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Imperata cylindrica (Cogongrass, Speargrass) is a diploid C4 grass that is a noxious weed in 73 countries and constitutes a significant threat to global biodiversity and sustainable agriculture. We used a cost-effective genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach to identify the reproductive system, genetic diversity and geographic origins of invasions in the south-eastern United States. In this work, we demonstrated the advantage of employing the closely related, fully sequenced crop species Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench as a proxy reference genome to identify a set of 2320 informative single nucleotide and insertion-deletion polymorphisms. Genetic analyses identified four …

Cofeeding Intra- And Interspecific Transmission Of An Emerging Insect-Borne Rickettsial Pathogen, Lisa D. Brown, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Kaikhushroo H. Banajee, Fabio Del Piero, Lane D. Foil, Kevin R. Macaluso

Faculty Publications

© 2015 The Authors. Molecular Ecology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are known as the primary vector and reservoir of Rickettsia felis, the causative agent of flea-borne spotted fever; however, field surveys regularly report molecular detection of this infectious agent from other blood-feeding arthropods. The presence of R. felis in additional arthropods may be the result of chance consumption of an infectious bloodmeal, but isolation of viable rickettsiae circulating in the blood of suspected vertebrate reservoirs has not been demonstrated. Successful transmission of pathogens between actively blood-feeding arthropods in the absence of a disseminated …

Contribution Limits After Mccutcheon V. Fec, James Bopp Jr., Randy Elf, Anita Y. Milanovich

Valparaiso University Law Review

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The Uncertain Future Of The Corporate Contribution Ban, Richard Briffault

Valparaiso University Law Review

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Should The Irs Never "Target" Taxpayers? An Examination Of The Irs Tea Party Affair, Philip Hackney

Valparaiso University Law Review

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