Browsing by Author "Coates, Craig J."
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Kjos, Sonia Alane (2009-05-15)Trypanosoma cruzi is endemic in the U.S., infecting humans, dogs, and wildlife. This study identified a new geographic distribution for triatomine species within Texas based on 2,449 records obtained from published data ...
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Distribution patterns of the Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Diptera: Culicidae) species complex in Texas Murrell, Jennifer Ann (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The primary vector of malaria in the eastern United States, Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Say), was recently discovered to be a complex of five different cryptic species: A - An. quadrimaculatus, B - An. smaragdinus, C1 - An. ...
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Acevedo, Summer Fontaine (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)It has been proposed that the various 14-3-3 isotypes and isoforms present in all eukaryotes are largely functionally equivalent. However, this is not consistent with the conservation of multiple isoforms and isotypes, ...
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Zhang, Xinyang; Crippen, Tawni L.; Coates, Craig J.; Wood, Thomas K.; Tomberlin, Jeffery K.; Leal, Walter S. (PloS One, 2015)
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Mohammed, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Potato production in tropical and subtropical countries suffers from damage caused by the potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimiaea operculella. Development of a germline transformation system and the identification of genes ...
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Hagen, Darren Erich (2009-05-15)The development of genetic transformation systems in insects has revolutionized the field of entomology. Transgenic insects provide tools to identify, isolate and analyze insect genes and to genetically modify insects for ...
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Mashlawi, Abadi Mohammed H (2017-06-02)Buruli ulcer (BU) is a globally recognized neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU is the third most recurrent mycobacterial disease of humans globally after tuberculosis and leprosy. The disease ...
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Liu, Yilin (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The molecular interaction between plants and insects is dynamic and multifaceted. We are interested in understanding the molecular mechanism that insects utilize to overcome plant defense proteins, as well as discovering ...
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Ahn, Ji Eun (2009-05-15)Under challenge by a dietary soybean cysteine protease inhibitor (scN), cowpea bruchids overcome the inhibitory effects by reconfiguring the expression profiles of their major digestive enzymes, the cathepsin L-like cysteine ...
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Deitz, Kevin Canning (2017-05-26)This dissertation explores the genomics of speciation in the An. gambiae complex. The complex is comprised of eight recently diverged species and contains the most important vectors of human malaria. Male F1 hybrids between ...
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Gray, Christine Elizabeth (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Low level and variable transgene expression plague efforts to produce and characterize transgenic lines in many species. When transformation efficiency is high, productive transgenic lines can be generated with reasonable ...
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Hopkins, Bradley Wayne (2011-08-08)Helicoverpa zea is one of the most costly insect pests of food and fiber crops throughout the Americas. Pyrethroid insecticides are widely applied for control as they are effective and relatively inexpensive; however, ...
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Kim, Dongmin (2019-05-23)Aedes aegypti, is a vector of pathogens transmitting many infectious diseases, such as Zika, Dengue, and Yellow Fever. Skin-inhabiting bacteria, such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, produce specific volatile organic compounds ...
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Medina, Freder (2011-08-08)Ants are capable of building close associations with plants, insects, fungi and bacteria. Symbionts can provide essential nutrients to their insect host, however, the development of new molecular tools has allowed the ...