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It is clear that the genetic networks that control the shape and patterning of important phenotypic traits are much more important to trait evolution than was previously thought. This study addresses the ability of the Drosophila...
Thyroxine is arguably the most important hormone in anuran development and affects development through exogenous and endogenous means. In this study, I investigate the relationship between exogenous thyroxine and spadefoot tadpole...
Many marine species are typified by a pelagic stage during which tiny larvae develop in the open ocean, where they are subject to high mortality and transport via ocean currents. For organisms with this life history, the study of their...
Many organisms live in temporally or spatially heterogeneous environments. One adaptive response to environmental heterogeneity is phenotypic plasticity, or the ability of an organism to change its phenotype in response to environmental...
The evolution of matrotrophy introduces the potential for genomic conflicts between mothers and embryos. These conflicts are hypothesized to accelerate the evolution of reproductive isolation and to influence the evolution of life...
Estuaries are one of the most ecologically and economically valuable habitats on earth in part due to high nutrient inputs from their associated watersheds that supports high productivity of fish populations. While numerous studies have...
In the Gulf of Mexico, barrier islands absorb the majority of the wind and wave action from storms, resulting in modification of dune morphology and vegetation dynamics. Understanding changes in dune vegetation in response to storms can...
The Influence of Morphology, Skeletal Characteristics, and Investment in Defensive Chemistry on the Growth, Reattachment, and Regeneration of Caribbean Coral Reef Sponges and Its Application to Coral Reef Restoration
Restoration is increasingly implemented to reestablish habitat structure and function following natural and anthropogenic physical disturbances, but scientific knowledge of the effectiveness of methods lags behind demand for guidelines....
The Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis, are abundant in fossil records but have recently undergone drastic declines primarily as a result of disease. Acropora prolifera, a hybrid of these species, has no fossil record...
I used a combination of observational and experimental approaches to investigate the potential for a trade-off between parental effort and parasite resistance to mediate the cost of reproduction in a population of Red-bellied Woodpeckers...
For sedentary marine invertebrates, allorecognition systems allow individuals to distinguish between genetically similar and distinct tissue they may encounter and are thought to reduce costly tissue fusion with individuals other than...
The value of estuaries as nursery habitat for juvenile fishes depends on their connection with coastal watersheds that provide nutrients, freshwater, and other materials essential to the productivity of these ecosystems. This...
Plants are fed upon by a range of insect foragers, including herbivores and pollinators. Because herbivores damage plant parts and pollinators transfer pollen among plants, plants generally benefit by avoiding herbivores and attracting...
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