Browsing by Author "Woolley, James B."
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Curry, Caitlin Jeanne (2019-08-14)Lions are a flagship species, meaning that as a large, charismatic carnivore, research and conservation for the lion influences many other species that share its habitat. Proper management requires understanding of a ...
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Yoder, Matthew Jon (2009-05-15)Diapriids (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) are small parasitic wasps. Though found throughout the world they are relatively unknown. A framework for advancing diapriid systematics is developed by introducing a new web-based ...
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Gorena, Roberto Luis (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Greenbug is one of two key insect pests of sorghum, and biotype evolution hinders the long-term usefulness of resistant sorghums. The current study sought to identify plant resistance mechanisms, plant damage characteristics, ...
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Legaspi, Jesusa Crisostomo; French, J. Victor; Schauff, Michael E.; Woolley, James B. (Florida Entomologist, 1999)
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Trostle Duke, Marcia Katherine (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)This work covers stages one through seven (of nine stages) of a classical biological control program for Mediterranean fruit fly (=medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Major research objectives concentrate on stage ...
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Aguiar, John Marshall (2011-02-22)The family Callitrichidae encompasses the marmosets and tamarins, the smallest of the anthropoid primates and one of the most species-rich of platyrrhine families. Seven new species of Amazonian marmosets (Callithrix, ...
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Reddick, Kristie Lynn (2009-05-15)Little is known of the diversity of solifuges in East Africa or their habitat preferences and feeding biologies. A survey was undertaken to improve our understanding of the diversity and distribution of solifuges in Kenya ...
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Matthews, Suzanne (2012-07-16)Evolutionary relationships between a group of organisms are commonly summarized in a phylogenetic (or evolutionary) tree. The goal of phylogenetic inference is to infer the best tree structure that represents the relationships ...
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Ingram, Colleen Marie (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Microsatellites are repetitive DNA characterized by tandem repeats of short motifs (2 â 5 bp). High mutation rates make them ideal for population level studies. Microsatellite allele genesis is generally attributed ...
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Adkins, Ronald Mark (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The genetics of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) gene was examined in an array of primates, rodents and representatives of other orders of placental mammals. Among primates these phylogenetic ...
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Chirhart, Scott Edward (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Given the distribution and probable evolutionary history of the Peromyscus maniculatus species group, an interspecific comparison of microsatellite variation among these species would be logically based (at least initially) ...
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Sul, Seung Jin (2011-02-22)Phylogenetic analysis can produce easily tens of thousands of equally plausible evolutionary trees. Consensus trees and topological distance matrices are often used to summarize the evolutionary relationships among the ...
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Ripple, Brandon Wayne (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci, Biotype B, Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) are pests of cotton crops, affecting the yield of the crop both indirectly and directly. These pests feed on the leaves of cotton plants and produce "honeydew," ...
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Meyers, Jason (2010-01-16)Invasive species are capable of causing considerable damage to natural ecosystems, agricultures and economies throughout the world. These invasive species must be identified and adequate control measures should be investigated ...
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Frabotta, Laurence John (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)This dissertation has two major sections. In Chapter II, complete mitochondrial (mt DNA) genome sequences were used to construct a hypothesis for affinities of most major lineages of rodents that arose quickly in the Eocene ...
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Cameron, Mika D. (2012-02-14)A detailed study of ovipositor morphology in Ctenopelmatinae (Ichneumonidae) is provided and used to assess the evolutionary patterns of the Ophioniformes, Ctenopelmatinae, and more specifically the tribe Pionini ...
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Lomeli-Flores, Refugio (2009-05-15)Through field surveys and laboratory experiments, this study assessed in part the impacts of host plant, natural enemies, and weather variables on coffee leafminer Leucoptera coffeella distribution and abundance at two ...
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Wang, Chang (2016-08-18)The supralittoral isopod Ligia exotica Roux, 1828 is an invasive species with a tropical and temperate cosmopolitan distribution, frequently found in harbors and ports. In the New World, this isopod has a broad distribution ...
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Rodriguez Velez, Beatriz (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)A taxonomic and phylogenetic study of the tribe Habrolepidini is described. A cladistic analysis was carried out in order to establish the phylogenetic relationships of the supraspecific taxa of the tribe. An illustrated ...
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Trujillo, Robert Greg (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Bats of the genus Scotophilus are distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, parts of southern and Southeast Asia, a majority of the Indomalayan Islands, Reunion Island, and Madagascar. The genus is composed of 14 recognized ...