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Creator:: Campbell, Jessica L.
Abstract:: Motivation Relatively little is known about the evolution of mitochondrial genomes between Caenorhabditis species despite decades of research. Both the worldwide search for new nematode species and the effort to increase sequencing speeds require automated tools to quickly characterize and categorize large amounts of data. Results We developed an automated...
Resource Type:: Presentation and Undergraduate Thesis

Creator:: Esposito, Madison L.
Abstract:: Modifications of histone tail amino acid residues are necessary for many reactions involving chromatin. These processes can produce transcriptionally active, euchromatic, or inactive, heterochromatic, segments of DNA. The formation and maintenance of facultative heterochromatin is critical for the proper growth and development of many eukaryotes. Euchromatin can be changed into...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis and Presentation
Full Text:: CLICK That’s a lot of genes to hold in the nucleus, DNA must be compacted (2-10 microns sig small that

Creator:: Ratcliff, Christopher J.
Abstract:: This study examines climatological influences, particularly that of snowpack, on tree growth and stable carbon isotope discrimination (Δ¹³C) from ~1980 to 2013 at two sites located in the upper reaches of the McKenzie River watershed of the Oregon Cascade Mountains. We tested the use of Δ¹³C values from latewood, corroborated...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: , with a segment size of 30 years and overlap of 15 years (Holmes, 1983; Grissino-Mayer, H.D., 2001

Creator:: Yu, Wesley
Abstract:: An estimated total of 30.3 million people have diabetes in the United States, a disease characterized by chronic elevation in blood glucose which over time, can lead to a host of health problems. Currently the most common types of diabetes are type 1, type 2, and gestational. The principal hormone...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Title: Metabolic Effects in C57B/6J Mice Fed a High-Fat

Creator:: Alfonzo, Jessica
Abstract:: The hypothalamic neuropeptide kisspeptin (Kiss-1) acts as a central component of the reproductive axis. A critical factor in pubertal progression and normal reproduction, this peptide is an afferent stimulator of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), and is responsive to gonadal steroids, integrating steroid hormone signals and modulating GnRH secretion accordingly. Kiss-1 exhibits...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: (Kiss-1) acts as a central component of the reproductive axis. A critical factor in pubertal progression

Creator:: Grimwood, Victoria J.
Abstract:: Endogenous circadian clock regulation is essential to normal rhythmicity, particularly the timing of hormone release in the brain. In the context of mammalian reproduction, a surge of a specific hormone, gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH), initiates a surge of luteinizing hormone (LH) from the pituitary gland, which is required for ovulation in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: the context of mammalian reproduction, a surge of a specific hormone, gonadotrophin-releasing

Creator:: Veytsman, Edward Y.
Abstract:: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the motor cortex and spinal cord. Recent evidence suggests that the purine receptor P2X7 (P2X7R) plays a central role in the pathology of ALS. Previous research indicates that P2X7R activation by oxidatively modified heat shock protein 90...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Complex by Edward Veytsman A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

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