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Creator:: Tan, Taralyn
Abstract:: Approximately five to eight percent of domestic rams demonstrate a sexual attraction towards other rams, directing no sexual behaviors towards estrous ewes. It has been observed that these male-oriented rams (MORs) have a greater abundance of prolactin mRNA than female-oriented rams in the medial preoptic area of the anterior hypothalamus...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Taralyn Tan, Author Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. Stormshak (“Stormy”) for being an

Creator:: Shilling, Adam D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ideas, mentorship and financial support. I also thank Drs. George Bailey, Fredrick Stormshak, Lawrence

Creator:: Monsen, Kirsten J.
Abstract:: A major goal of conservation biology is to elucidate the population genetic structure in threatened species and assess the relative importance of the evolutionary forces that shape that population genetic structure. I conducted three studies in the declining amphibian Rana cascadae to assess levels of population genetic differentiation and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Andrew Blaustein, Deanna Olson, and Fredrick Stormshak for their support and encouragement. I would

Creator:: Jaeger, John Ralph
Abstract:: Our objectives were to determine 1) the concentration of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) in whole and extended bovine semen, 2) if concentrations of prostaglandins in extended bovine semen are correlated to fertility, and 3) if PGF2α administered at the time of artificial insemination would improve conception rate. Concentration of PGF2α tended...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . I must convey my esteem for Dr. Fredrick Stormshak and the gratitude I feel for the initial

Creator:: Lutterschmidt, Deborah I.
Abstract:: Most vertebrates exhibit seasonality in many life history traits. Such seasonal rhythms are temporally organized via the transduction of environmental cues (e.g., photoperiod, temperature) into appropriate endocrine signals. However, among ectothermic vertebrates that undergo continuous winter dormancy, temperature is the only environmental cue available for synchronizing seasonal rhythms. Most intriguing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: designs. In addition, I would like to thank my committee members – Frank L. Moore, Fredrick Stormshak

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