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From developmental biology to tissue-engineering: printing blood vessels
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
-engineering, evidenced by the fact that they can elicit adverse host responses and interfere with, rather than guide, direct cellcell interaction as well as assembly and alignment of cell-produced extracellular matrix. Understanding the physical principles of biological...
Theoretical and in silico modeling of biological systems : from protein structure prediction to cellular dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis describes four distinct studies (involving a variety of concepts and methods from the physical sciences) of complex biological systems and processes that cover a wide range of time and length scales (extending from the molecular...
Genetic and physical interactions of Arabidopsis TOPLESS related 2 with regulators of plant innate immunity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Plants are constantly subjected to attack from pathogens. In order to defend themselves, plants have evolved a robust immune system. However, activation ...
How teachers negotiated the meaning of next generation science standards (NGSS) through participation in a professional learning community /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
with the World Studies and Language Arts PLC, and in particular their use of a revised World Studies Skills Rubric to assess students' science writing, influenced the biology teachers' prioritization of two science and engineering practices, 2) each biology...
Genome evolution in monocots
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Monocotyledonous plants are a well-circumscribed lineage comprising 25% of all angiosperm species, including many agriculturally and ecologically important species (e.g., grasses, palms, orchids, lilies, yams, pondweeds, ...
SIRT1 deacetylation regulates NFAT transcriptional activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The class III histone deacetylase SIRT1 plays important roles in aging, metabolism and biological clock control. We have recently demonstrated that SIRT1 is a critical factor...
Analysis of cell signaling during floral abscission in arabidopsis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The shedding of plant organs is known as abscission. Floral abscission in Arabidopsis is regulated by two related receptor[negation symbol]-like protein ...
An investigation of maize B chromosome-derived minichromosomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The maize (Zea mays) B chromosome is a supernumerary chromosome with a selfish inheritance characterized by nondisjunction at the second pollen mitosis, univalent survival in meiosis, and preferential fertilization of the ...
Members of the Academies
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2013)
"Several MU faculty serve the National Academies of Science. ... Fred Hawthorne ... Michael LeFevre ... R. Michael Roberts ... Jack Colwill ... Linda Randall....
Biology and management of Japanese beetle
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2020)
An informational article about how to identify and manage Japanese beetles.
A multifaceted approach to improving transgenic technology in maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Due to a rising world population, scientists must develop new techniques to produce more food. One of these techniques, transgenics, has been around for over two decades however has not been improved at the rate required ...
The developmental liver transcriptome of Rattus norvegicus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
less well understood. In an attempt to investigate this area of research, we developed a time course experiment including both pre- and postnatal liver samples whereby RNA sequencing was performed on each of the biological stages. We investigated...
Phylogenetic and behavioral differentiation in the canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
intraspecific phylogenies using both sequence data and AFLP markers. I describe biologically significant differences in call properties among the geographically distant Mexican lineages relative to differences found among the USA populations. Results from female...
Potential benefits of social media in a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) event
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
an improbability, and life sciences can be easily manipulated to produce a biological WMD. If a biological WMD is unleashed, strategic communications will be a critical facet for its management. In mass casualty situations, the medium of social media and social...
Examining beginning biology teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and practice for teaching natural selection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
goals: 1) Develop content knowledge of evolution; 2) Accept evolution as scientifically valid; 3) Develop understandings of the nature of science related to evolution; 4) Develop strategies for handling the public controversy; and 5) Develop pedagogical...
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) gene flow within rivers of the Missouri Ozark highlands
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
For species of conservation concern, effective management includes maintaining robust population sizes while monitoring and promoting genetic variability. For hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), an aquatic salamander ...
Plants are just very slow animals
(2010-03)
Most of us regard plants as quite different from animals, and many of us think of them as furniture. But plants actually share a very large number of biological functions with the animal kingdom, including mechanisms for sensing and responding...
Biology and control of Amur honeysuckle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
the biology and control options for this plant. The objectives of this research were to: a) determine efficacy of various herbicides using postemergence and basal bark applications; b) determine the means of seed spread and time at which Amur honeysuckle seeds...
Eph/ephrin involvement in skeletal muscle development and regeneration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Skeletal muscle development and regeneration is one of the best-described areas of vertebrate biology, due in large part to muscle cells' characteristic sequence of specification, determination, and differentiation. However, many questions still...
An approach to clustering biological phenotypes /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Recently emerging approaches to high-throughput phenotyping have become important tools in unraveling the biological basis of agronomically and medically important phenotypes. These experiments produce very large sets of either low or high...