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Inflammatory Reproductive White Adipose Tissue Characterizes The Obese Preeclamptic-Like Bph/5 Mouse Prior To Pregnancy, Kelsey Olson Apr 2019

Inflammatory Reproductive White Adipose Tissue Characterizes The Obese Preeclamptic-Like Bph/5 Mouse Prior To Pregnancy, Kelsey Olson

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Characterizing The Subcellular Localization, Activity, And Physiological Properties Of Α-Carbonic Anhydrases In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Kayla Schwartzenburg Apr 2019

Characterizing The Subcellular Localization, Activity, And Physiological Properties Of Α-Carbonic Anhydrases In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Kayla Schwartzenburg

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Building A Better Batture: A Regional Recreational Enhancement Around The Morganza To The Gulf Levee, Taylor N. Fehmel Apr 2019

Building A Better Batture: A Regional Recreational Enhancement Around The Morganza To The Gulf Levee, Taylor N. Fehmel

LSU Master's Theses

Twenty-five years ago, the existing flood protection levees along the Louisiana coastline were removed and construction was started by Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District on a new project called ‘Morganza to the Gulf’ or MTG. This project was undertaken to construct a new flood protection levee system around Louisiana in the communities in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish. The MTG Levee is one of the first coastal projects in Louisiana to incorporate a risk-based analysis for a double levee system containing both local parish drainage levees and future storm surge levees of MTG. It was designed to protect approximately 250,000 people …


Determining Nutrient Recommendations For Agricultural Crops Based On Soil And Plant Tissue Analyses Between Different Analytical Laboratories, Lauren Liuzza Apr 2019

Determining Nutrient Recommendations For Agricultural Crops Based On Soil And Plant Tissue Analyses Between Different Analytical Laboratories, Lauren Liuzza

LSU Master's Theses

There is limited information concerning the disparities between soil and plant tissue testing laboratories. Soil and plant tissue analyses are crucial to determining nutrient applications for agricultural field crops. Accurate fertility inputs improve crop production and long-term agricultural sustainability. The over application of nutrients can potentially decrease yields and reduce profits. A study was established in 2016 at Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA) in Alexandria, Louisiana to 1) assess and compare soil and plant tissue nutrient values, ratings and recommendations between research and commercial laboratories for field corn (Zea mays) and soybean (Glycine max), and …


Genomic, Ecological, And Morphological Approaches To Investigating Species Limits: A Case Study In Modern Taxonomy From Tropical Eastern Pacific Surgeonfishes, Prosanta Chakrabarty Apr 2019

Genomic, Ecological, And Morphological Approaches To Investigating Species Limits: A Case Study In Modern Taxonomy From Tropical Eastern Pacific Surgeonfishes, Prosanta Chakrabarty

Faculty Publications

A wide variety of species are distinguished by slight color variations. However, molecular analyses have repeatedly demonstrated that coloration does not always correspond to distinct evolutionary histories between closely related groups, suggesting that this trait is labile and can be misleading for species identification. In the present study, we analyze the evolutionary history of sister species of Prionurus surgeonfishes in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), which are distinguished by the presence or absence of dark spots on their body. We examined the species limits in this system using comparative specimen-based approaches, a mitochondrial gene (COI), more than 800 nuclear loci …


Influence Of Sorghum Cultivar, Phenological Stage, And Fertilization On Development And Reproduction Of Melanaphis Sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Blake E. Wilson, Jeffrey Davis, Thomas Reagan, Luna Lama Apr 2019

Influence Of Sorghum Cultivar, Phenological Stage, And Fertilization On Development And Reproduction Of Melanaphis Sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Blake E. Wilson, Jeffrey Davis, Thomas Reagan, Luna Lama

Faculty Publications

The sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is an invasive pest of grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench (Poaceae). Since its first outbreak in sorghum in 2013, severe infestations have spread throughout the southern USA, causing major economic losses. Whereas insecticide applications can mitigate some of the pest's impacts, a sustainable ecology-based management program is needed to reduce reliance on chemical control. Two greenhouse assays examined the influence of selected host plant characteristics on M. sacchari life table parameters. We studied the effects of silicon (rates equivalent to 0 and 3,360 kg silicon per ha) and nitrogen (rates equivalent …


Hemipteran Pests Of Sugarcane In North America, Blake E. Wilson Apr 2019

Hemipteran Pests Of Sugarcane In North America, Blake E. Wilson

Faculty Publications

ing-sucking herbivores (Insecta: Hemiptera) represent one of the greatest threats to agricultural production worldwide. Hemipteran pests directly injure plants as well as vector disease-causing plant pathogens. Production of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in North America is impacted by a complex of Hemiptera including the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner (Aphididae); yellow sugarcane aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) (Aphididae); West Indian canefly, Saccharosydne saccharivora (Westwood) (Delphacidae); sugarcane delphacid, Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy (Delphacidae); and sugarcane lace bug, Leptodictya tabida (Herric-Schaeffer) (Tingidae). None of these pests is consistently damaging to large amounts of sugarcane acreage, but regional outbreaks are common. The biology, ecology, and pest …


Diapause Termination And Hatching Of Artemia Franciscana: Impacts On Expression Of A Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein, Mike Trinh Le Apr 2019

Diapause Termination And Hatching Of Artemia Franciscana: Impacts On Expression Of A Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein, Mike Trinh Le

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A Genetic Screen For Second Site Suppressor Mutations Of Extended Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Laurie Lyon Apr 2019

A Genetic Screen For Second Site Suppressor Mutations Of Extended Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Laurie Lyon

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3d-Printed Culture Plate Insert With Agarose Barrier For The Evaluation Of Stem-Cancer Cell Signaling., Erika M. Lewis Apr 2019

3d-Printed Culture Plate Insert With Agarose Barrier For The Evaluation Of Stem-Cancer Cell Signaling., Erika M. Lewis

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Phylogenetic Analysis Of Toucan Family Ramphastidae, Marguerite D. Poché Apr 2019

Phylogenetic Analysis Of Toucan Family Ramphastidae, Marguerite D. Poché

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Genetic Screen For Suppressors Of Increased Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Jonah Rittenberry Apr 2019

Genetic Screen For Suppressors Of Increased Gene Silencing In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Jonah Rittenberry

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Analysis Of Hepatitis C Prevalence In A Justice-Involved Medicaid Population In Louisiana, William R. Boles Iii Apr 2019

Analysis Of Hepatitis C Prevalence In A Justice-Involved Medicaid Population In Louisiana, William R. Boles Iii

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Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis For Improved Separation Of Proteins And Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands Apr 2019

Ionic Liquid Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis For Improved Separation Of Proteins And Small Egg White Peptides, Michael C. Brands

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Correlated Evolution Of Plumage Color In Female And Male Antbirds (Aves: Thamnophilidae), Brandi Sun Apr 2019

Correlated Evolution Of Plumage Color In Female And Male Antbirds (Aves: Thamnophilidae), Brandi Sun

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Analysis Of Baboon (Genus Papio) Population Structure Using Alu Insertion Polymorphisms, Corey St. Romain Apr 2019

Analysis Of Baboon (Genus Papio) Population Structure Using Alu Insertion Polymorphisms, Corey St. Romain

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Hinge Region In Dna Packaging Terminase Pul15 Of Herpes Simplex Virus: A Potential Allosteric Target For Antiviral Drugs, Lana Faisal Thaljeh Apr 2019

Hinge Region In Dna Packaging Terminase Pul15 Of Herpes Simplex Virus: A Potential Allosteric Target For Antiviral Drugs, Lana Faisal Thaljeh

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Fresher, Warmer Water And Its Implications For The Ecology And Physiology Of The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Devin Comba Apr 2019

Fresher, Warmer Water And Its Implications For The Ecology And Physiology Of The Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Devin Comba

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A Protocol For Producing Light-Harvesting Complex Ii Lipoproteins And Investigation Of Their Interactions With Hydrophobically Modified Polypeptoids, Omead Darvish Apr 2019

A Protocol For Producing Light-Harvesting Complex Ii Lipoproteins And Investigation Of Their Interactions With Hydrophobically Modified Polypeptoids, Omead Darvish

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Purification Of Rpl-135: The Large Subunit Of Rna Polymerase I In Drosophila Melanogaster, Malcolm J. Youngblood Apr 2019

Purification Of Rpl-135: The Large Subunit Of Rna Polymerase I In Drosophila Melanogaster, Malcolm J. Youngblood

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Development And Application Of A Pexophagy Sensor In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Dominique Dolese Apr 2019

Development And Application Of A Pexophagy Sensor In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Dominique Dolese

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Fgf21 Does Not Regulate Hepatic Peroxisomes In Response To Induced Energy Deprivation, Nabil M. Essajee Apr 2019

Fgf21 Does Not Regulate Hepatic Peroxisomes In Response To Induced Energy Deprivation, Nabil M. Essajee

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Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2019 Apr 2019

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2019

Louisiana Agriculture

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Physiological Plasticity And Tolerance To Aquatic Hypoxia In Fundulid Killifish, Ryan Hoffman Apr 2019

Physiological Plasticity And Tolerance To Aquatic Hypoxia In Fundulid Killifish, Ryan Hoffman

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Changes In The Oxidation State Of The Photosystem Ii Manganese Cluster Have Structural Effects On The Manganese-Stabilizing Protein That Increase Its Susceptibility To Degradation By Trypsin, Hunter Jon Lambert Apr 2019

Changes In The Oxidation State Of The Photosystem Ii Manganese Cluster Have Structural Effects On The Manganese-Stabilizing Protein That Increase Its Susceptibility To Degradation By Trypsin, Hunter Jon Lambert

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Implementation Of A Particle Image Velocimetry System For Evaluation Of Microfluidic Chip Flows, Sheila Mallenahalli Apr 2019

Implementation Of A Particle Image Velocimetry System For Evaluation Of Microfluidic Chip Flows, Sheila Mallenahalli

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Characterization Of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins From Methanococcus Maripaludis, Melody Salmanian Apr 2019

Characterization Of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins From Methanococcus Maripaludis, Melody Salmanian

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Amplification Dynamics Of Platy-1 Retrotransposons In The Cebidae Platyrrhine Lineage, Mark A. Batzer, Jessica M. Storer, Jackson R. Mierl, Sarah A. Brantley Apr 2019

Amplification Dynamics Of Platy-1 Retrotransposons In The Cebidae Platyrrhine Lineage, Mark A. Batzer, Jessica M. Storer, Jackson R. Mierl, Sarah A. Brantley

Faculty Publications

Platy-1 elements are Platyrrhine-specific, short interspersed elements originally discovered in the Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset) genome. To date, only the marmoset genome has been analyzed for Platy-1 repeat content. Here, we report full-length Platy-1 insertions in other New World monkey (NWM) genomes (Saimiri boliviensis, squirrel monkey; Cebus imitator, capuchin monkey; and Aotus nancymaae, owl monkey) and analyze the amplification dynamics of lineage-specific Platy-1 insertions. A relatively small number of full-length and lineage-specific Platy-1 elements were found in the squirrel, capuchin, and owl monkey genomes compared with the marmoset genome. In addition, only a few older Platy-1 subfamilies were recovered in …


The Cure For Cultivating Fastidious Microbes, William Wischusen, Arundhati Bakshi, Austen T. Webber, Lorelei E. Patrick Apr 2019

The Cure For Cultivating Fastidious Microbes, William Wischusen, Arundhati Bakshi, Austen T. Webber, Lorelei E. Patrick

Faculty Publications

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) expand the scientific educational benefits of research to large groups of students in a course setting. As part of an ongoing effort to integrate CUREs into first-year biology labs, we developed a microbiology CURE (mCURE) that uses a modified dilution-to-extinction high throughput culturing protocol for isolating abundant yet fastidious aquatic bacterioplankton during one semester. Students learn common molecular biology techniques like nucleic acid extraction, PCR, and molecular characterization; read and evaluate scientific literature; and receive training in scientific communication through written and oral exercises that incorporate social media elements. In the first three semesters, the …


Social Signals Detected By The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System Influence Reproductive Behavior And Neural Activation Patterns In An African Cichlid Fish, Chase Anselmo Apr 2019

Social Signals Detected By The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System Influence Reproductive Behavior And Neural Activation Patterns In An African Cichlid Fish, Chase Anselmo

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