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Investigating Transcriptional Control of Specialized Gene Expression in Plants

Creator:

Fraser, Valerie N.

Abstract:

Specialized or secondary metabolism is a collection of pathways and small molecules that, while beneficial to an organism, are not strictly necessary for survival. Plants use secondary metabolites to, among other things, attract pollinators, defend against biotic and abiotic stressors, and form symbioses. Natural products from plants have seen an...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:

Bruno, Mark P.

Abstract:

This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis