Browsing College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Honors and Undergraduate Research Program by Subject "Genetics"
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A role for FoxQ-1 in memory and learning
(2010)Using a genome-wide screen, genes that were differentially expressed between aged rats that were able to learn a spatial task (aged superior learners: SL), and learning-impaired rates (AI) were identified in the CA1 region ... -
The role of a soluble, competitive FGF receptor in embryonic stem cell-derived hematopoiesis
(2007)The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) as well as their differentiation into the hematopoietic lineage. We observed that supplementing ... -
The role of dynamin and Rho1 during cytokinesis in C. elegans
(2008)Cytokinesis is the final phase of cell division in which a single cell is physically separated into two daughter cells. This is accomplished by constricting the acto-myosin contractile ring and inserting new membrane along ... -
Semantic category learning through explicit and implicit knowledge of complex sequences
(2009)Objects with similar functions are judged to be similar "kinds of things," even when they have few directly-observable properties in common. How do people learn such "functional" similarity? One possibility is that objects ... -
Starvation responses of invasive and non-invasive Eurytemora affinis populations
(2007)Within the past century, the copepod Eurytemora affinis have invaded freshwater from saline sources throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Two genetically divergent clades (Atlantic and North Atlantic) of E. affinis coexist ... -
To determine the functional relevance of circadian Fabp7 expression in memory consolidation
(2007)Fatty-acid binding protein 7 (Fabp7) is closely related to sleep/wake cycle and regulated in a circadian pattern. To investigate whether the expression affects learning and memory behavior, we used the Drosophila model. ... -
Transgenic zebrafish that carry inducible zic2a fusion proteins
(2007)Zic genes encode proteins that contain zinc fingers used to bind DNA and modify transcription of target genes. Several zic genes have been identified that are critical in regulating nervous system development in a wide ... -
Transmission ratio distortion in the hybrid offspring of three mouse subspecies
(2010)A crucial component of understanding the origin or new species is understanding how reproductive isolation evolves between divergent populations. The relative importance of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities as compared ... -
A ts-paralytic neurodegeneration mutant in Drosophila reveals differential requirement for the glycolytic gene Aldolase in neurons and glia
(2011)Several neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease have been linked to metabolic disruption in neurons. This suggests that neurons are particularly ... -
Validation of Optical Structural Alterations in Two Oligodendroglioma Tumors
(2011)Many large- and small-scale changes occur in the genomes of tumor cells. The optical mapping system was used previously to discover structural variations (OSAs; Optical Structural Alterations) in tumor genomes. OSAs are ...