Browsing Division of Biological Sciences (MU) by Thesis Semester "2006 Fall"

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  • Centromere function and evolution in maize (Zea mays) 

    Lamb, Jonathan C., 1977- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    A dispensable supernumerary chromosome present in maize, the B chromosome, was the focus of many centromere studies. First, I examine the variation in copy number of centromeric elements and other repeats among different ...

  • Conservation and ecology of breeding landbirds in a riparian restoration context 

    Small, Stacy L. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    While $14 to $15 billion have been invested in 37,000+ river and stream restoration projects in North America since 1990, only 10% are monitored for biological function. My work examines factors that affect landbird ...

  • The interploidy hybridization barrier in Zea Mays L. 

    Bauer, Matthew J., 1976- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    The failure of endosperm development due to interploidy crosses could be due to two reasons, neither of which has been studied on its own. 1) There is an imbalance of inherited imprinted loci in the endosperm (HAIG and ...