Browsing by Author "Derr, James N."
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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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Schutta, Christopher John (2009-06-02)Previous analysis of the bovine SLC11A1 complementary DNA (cDNA) failed to identify any nucleotide variations other than a microsatellite length variation within the 3' untranslated region functionally associated with ...
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Callicott, Ralph J. (2010-01-14)Rift Valley Fever Virus is a plebovirus that causes epidemics and epizootics in sub-Saharan African countries but has expanded to Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. The laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) is susceptible to ...
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Flores, Erin Gillenwaters (2012-10-19)Cathelicidins (CATHLs) are small, cationic antimicrobial peptides that establish an early innate immune defense against infections in mammals. Beyond their wide spectrum of antimicrobial activity, these peptides play ...
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Zaunbrecher, Gretchen Marie (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Together with the advancements in animal cloning, the ability to efficiently target specific genes in somatic cells would greatly enhance several areas of research. While it has been possible for quite some time to target ...
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Cargill, Edward James (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The Dalmatian is affected by deafness more than any other breed of domestic dog, with 30% of the United States population suffering from unilateral or bilateral deafness. The genetic origin of deafness in the Dalmatian is ...
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Adams, Thaddeus Hunter (2012-10-19)The consumption of high-fat hamburger enriched with saturated fatty acids (SFA) and trans-fatty acids (TFA) may increase risk factors for cardiovascular disease, whereas hamburger enriched with monounsaturated fatty acids ...
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Cunningham, Samantha Fern (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Birth (BW) (n = 1,107) and weaning weight (WW) (n = 1,024), pregnancy rate (PR) (n = 1,255), calf crop born (CCB) (n = 1,232), calf crop weaned (CCW) (n = 1,225), and cow??s weight at palpation (CW) (n = 1,403) were evaluated ...
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Taylor, Kristen Hawkins (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Through a binding partner the CARD15 gene activates NF-kB, a molecule with a role in the initiation of the inflammatory immune response. The gene is highly conserved in both structure and function in human and mouse and ...
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Osterstock, Jason Barrett (2009-05-15)Paratuberculosis is an intestinal infection of ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Genetic associations with paratuberculosis have been described in Holstein cattle. The objectives were ...
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Seabury, Christopher Mark (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are a group of inevitably fatal neurodegenerative diseases that occur in mammalian species. Ovine susceptibility to scrapie, the prototypical TSE, is ...
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Raudsepp, Terje; McCue, Molly E.; Das, Pranab J.; Dobson, Lauren; Vishnoi, Monika; Fritz, Krista L.; Schaefer, Robert; Rendahl, Aaron K.; Derr, James N.; Love, Charles C.; Varner, Dickson D.; Chowdhary, Bhanu P.; Barsh, Gregory S. (PLoS Genetics, 2012)
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Curry, Caitlin J.; White, Paula A.; Derr, James N.; Arthofer, Wolfgang (PloS One, 2015)
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Wiederhold, James Edward (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This thesis is a use-wear study that deals with microwear on stone endscrapers used on one worked material: animal skins. The first part of the study defines and describes the process of rendering freshly skinned pelts ...
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Halbert, Natalie Dierschke (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The saga of the American bison (Bison bison) is a well-known story of death, destruction, and greed circumvented by early conservationists. The foresight of 5 cattlemen and the Canadian and U.S. governments at the apex ...