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Genetic and phenotypic variation associated with the resistance gene SOD1 in Biomphalaria glabrata, an important intermediate host of Schistosomiasis

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Bonner, Kaitlin M.

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Schistosomiasis afflicts 200 million people and is responsible for 200,000 deaths per year. The infection is caused by a digenean trematode in the genus Schistosoma. The parasite must cycle through both a vertebrate (human) and invertebrate (snail) host to complete the life cycle. My dissertation focuses on the genetic mechanisms...

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Intermediate Host of Schistosomiasis Abstract approved: Michael S. Blouin Schistosomiasis afflicts 200
Population genetics of ranid frogs : investigating effective population size and gene flow

Creator:

Phillipsen, Ivan C.

Abstract:

This dissertation focuses on the evolutionary forces of genetic drift and gene flow in frog populations. The balance of these two forces and the force of mutation largely determine the amount of neutral genetic variation within populations as well as the degree of genetic similarity among populations. The stochastic evolutionary...

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Gene Flow Abstract approved: Michael S. Blouin This dissertation focuses on